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Scotney Castle

A Victorian country house set above a Picturesque landscape that incorporates a separate, ruined medieval moated castle.

Lamberhurst · Château

Victorian stone mansion at Scotney Castle, with a gabled roofline and courtyard in front.
The Victorian mansion at Scotney Castle, Kent; the older moated castle is a separate building on the estate.Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Image source · Full image

A Victorian country house set above a Picturesque landscape that incorporates a separate, ruined medieval moated castle.

Record

Recorded type
Victorian country house
Country
United Kingdom
Locality
Lamberhurst
Administrative area
South East England
Recorded protection
other
Source protection date
1954-10-20

Editorial reading

Scotney brings together two distinct buildings: the Victorian mansion and the older moated castle. The National Trust presents them as parts of a designed landscape, alongside a walled kitchen garden, parkland and ancient woodland. The estate covers approximately 780 acres.

The distinction matters when planning a visit: admission to the estate does not imply access to every interior. At the October 2026 source check, the National Trust stated that the Old Castle interior was closed; house, garden and estate arrangements should be checked separately. Landscape restoration work was also announced for 2026.

Planning: consult the current official calendar and access information before setting out. Leave time for the garden and views between the two buildings, rather than treating the ruin as the whole property.

Source: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/scotney-castle (checked 21 October 2026).

Recommendation

Our editorial view: follow the changing views across the garden to see how an older ruin became part of a later country-house landscape.

Location and visiting

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Recorded website · www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Recorded coordinates: 51.09280, 0.40820

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This is the recorded location point, rather than a confirmed visitor entrance.

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Sources & credits

Source record: Wikidata

Record identifier: Q7435720

Source reference: www.wikidata.org

Recorded licence: CC0 1.0

Licence reference: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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Source record: Eigen redactie

Record identifier: gb-reviewed-four-20261021:https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/kent/scotney-castle

Source reference: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Recorded licence: proprietary

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Recorded attribution: Le Roi du Monde

Source record: National Heritage List for England (Historic England)

Record identifier: 1336699

Source reference: historicengland.org.uk

Recorded licence: Open Government Licence v3.0

Licence reference: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

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Recorded attribution: © Historic England 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Source record: Wikimedia Commons

Record identifier: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scotney%20Castle%2C%20National%20Trust%20%285662078576%29.jpg

Source reference: www.wikidata.org

Recorded licence: CC BY 2.0

Licence reference: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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Recorded attribution: © de betreffende auteur, zie de licentie per bestand

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