IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Linton Park, MAIDSTONE, ME17 4AB

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

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

Viewed from the Greensand Way. Linton Park, formerly Linton Place or Linton Hall, is a large 18th-century country house. Built by Robert Mann in 1730 to replace an earlier building, the house and estate passed through the ownership of several members of Mann's family before coming into the Cornwallis family. The house was enlarged to its current size in 1825.The house is a Grade I listed building and the park is listed Grade II*. Linton Park is now the corporate headquarters of an international agricultural company.

As seen from Greensand Way (long distance path) crossing the access drive to the house.

The south elevation. Formerly Linton Place or Linton Hall, it is a large 18th-century country house. Built by Robert Mann in 1730 to replace an earlier building, the house and estate passed through the ownership of several members of Mann's family before coming into the Cornwallis family. The house was enlarged to its current size in 1825.The house is a Grade I listed building and the park is listed Grade II*. Linton Park is now the corporate headquarters of an international agricultural company.

This is the north side of Linton Park with the Low Weald in the background. The south side of the house is shown in the other Geograph. Built in the 1730s, Linton was described at the time as being "like a citadel in Kent, the whole county its garden". It was formerly the home of Lord Cornwallis.

18th Century landscaped park

In the 1730s Robert Mann built a house which was two-storeyed on this (north) side and three-storeyed on the 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." The Greensand Way runs from Haslemere in Surrey to Ham Street on the edge of Romney Marsh. Here it looks towards the north front of Linton Park. For more information on the history of the house see D Gore's write up at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/893507