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South Park Road, MAIDSTONE, ME15 7AN

Now fenced off and marked as dangerous, this building has definitely seen better days. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/91738

Open valley. Looking toward Park Entrance on Park Way. Volunteers Mausoleum on left.

The pavilion was erected in 1801 by the Volunteers of Kent as a tribute to the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Romney.

Mote Park is the major park in Maidstone. The house was built in 1793-1801 for Lord Romney by D. A. Alexander, who was later to be the architect of Maidstone and Dartmoor Prisons. It was his only major country house and Pevsner described it as 'forbidding'. The lake was formed by damming the River Len and the house is to the north-east of the lake. This southern part of the park often feels a little quieter than the part closest to the centre of Maidstone. This is the path from the York Road entrance. In the distance can be seen the Volunteers Pavilion. For a close up of this and more information see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3915459 The North Downs are in the far distance.

In 1799, King George III and Prime Minister William Pitt visited the Mote Park Estate to inspect around 3,000 assembled troops of the Kent Volunteers. This was a local militia trained to defend the county against a possible invasion by Napoleon. The Volunteers were raised from men of all walks of life. This Doris-style temple was erected in Mote Park in 1801 by the Volunteers of Kent to commemorate the occasion and as a tribute to the Earl of Romney, who was Lord Lieutenant. The Pavilion was substantially restored in 2010 by Maidstone Borough Council following the receipt of Lottery money.

In 1799, King George III and Prime Minister William Pitt visited the Mote Park Estate to inspect around 3,000 assembled troops of the Kent Volunteers. This was a local militia trained to defend the county against a possible invasion by Napoleon. The Volunteers were raised from men of all walks of life. This Doris-style temple was erected in Mote Park in 1801 by the Volunteers of Kent to commemorate the occasion and as a tribute to the Earl of Romney, who was Lord Lieutenant. The Pavilion was substantially restored in 2010 by Maidstone Borough Council following the receipt of Lottery money. Another view of it can be seen at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3915459

Mote Park is the major park in Maidstone. The house was built in 1793-1801 for Lord Romney by D. A. Alexander, who was later to be the architect of Maidstone and Dartmoor Prisons. It was his only major country house and Pevsner described it as 'forbidding'. The lake was formed by damming the River Len and the house is to the north-east of the lake. This southern part of the park often feels a little quieter than the part closest to the centre of Maidstone.

Mote Park is the major park in Maidstone. The house was built in 1793-1801 for Lord Romney by D. A. Alexander, who was later to be the architect of Maidstone and Dartmoor Prisons. It was his only major country house and Pevsner described it as 'forbidding'. The lake was formed by damming the River Len, and the house is to the north-east of the lake. This southern part of the park often feels a little quieter than the part closest to the centre of Maidstone. This is the path from the York Road entrance towards the lake.