Hole Park
A country house whose surviving central ranges record seventeenth- and eighteenth-century development and a substantial twentieth-century reduction.
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A country house whose surviving central ranges record seventeenth- and eighteenth-century development and a substantial twentieth-century reduction.
Register entry — HOLE PARK. National Heritage List for England reference: 1362919. Recorded designation: Grade II listed building.
First listed: 1979-08-09. This is the listing date, not a construction date.
Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1362919
The register identity was cross-checked against the official record name, coordinates and grade on 21 October 2026.
An English editorial overview and visiting guidance are available in this dossier. Check the linked official information for current opening times, access and booking arrangements.
Record
- Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century country house reduced in the twentieth century
- United Kingdom
- Rolvenden
- South East England
- other
- 1979-08-09
Editorial reading
Historic England describes the surviving centre of Hole Park as seventeenth- and eighteenth-century work. Its account records restoration of the façade around 1960 and demolition of the nineteenth-century wings at that time.
The remaining composition has red-brick walls, two storeys and attics, a hipped tiled roof and a nine-bay front. Projecting sections give rhythm to the façade, while the listed entrance is a modern doorcase designed in a Georgian manner. The distinction matters: a classical detail can be a later restoration rather than original Georgian fabric.
Our editorial reading: the absent wings are essential to understanding the present scale. Hole Park's appearance reflects an active decision to reduce and recompose a larger house.
Sources: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1362919 (checked 21 October 2026).
Recommendation
Confirm current visitor arrangements directly with the responsible operator. Any garden opening should be checked separately from access to the house; the listing establishes neither a present public schedule nor unrestricted entry to private interiors.
Location and visiting
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Sources & credits
Source record: Wikidata
Source record: Eigen redactie
Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)
Source record: Wikimedia Commons
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