Linton Park seen across its park
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Linton Park seen across its park by Marathon as part of the Geograph project.
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Linton Park seen across its park
Image: © Marathon Taken: 6 Apr 2014
In the 1730s Robert Mann built a house which was two-storeyed on the north side and three-storeyed on this (south) side. Horace Walpole described it at the time as "like the citadel of Kent with the whole county as its garden". Shortly before 1829 a third storey was added by Thomas Cubitt and a balustraded terrace was added to the south front. The whole was then stuccoed and painted white. Pevsner describes it: "The effect is as if a section of Carlton House Terrace has been transferred to the hills." Here it is seen across its park from a footpath. For more information on the history of the house see D Gore's write up at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/893507
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Image Location
Latitude
51.221586
Longitude
0.516086