Sheerland House, near Pluckley
Introduction
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Sheerland House, near Pluckley
Image: © Marathon Taken: 30 Apr 2022
This attractive and symmetrical house with the ubiquitous Dering windows of Pluckley and Little Chart is seen here from the Greensand Way between Pluckley and Little Chart. Sheerland House forms part of Sheerland Farm. Dering windows are found in Pluckley and surrounding areas, and named after the Dering family. They are identified by their round tops above each casement. It is said that during the Civil War (1642-1652) one of the Royalist members of the Dering family escaped through one of these windows. Considering them lucky, Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering had all the windows on the estate (which included much of the village) replaced with the same style windows. For a little more information on the house see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5225254 The Greensand Ridge provides the highest points in south-east England, rather than the North and South Downs as many people would suppose. The Greensand Way runs from Haslemere in Surrey to Ham Street on the edge of Romney Marsh.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.174616
Longitude
0.764056
