Betteshanger House, (also known as Northbourne Park School), Deal, England

Many of the large trees along the long entrance drive, holm oaks, cedars and especially beech, fell in the 1987 storm. The woodlands, which were used for amenity purposes, and unmanaged as such, have suffered extensive damage - up to 75% of the trees were uprooted. An entire lime avenue in the parkland has been damaged to the extent that all trees have had to be reduced to around 3 metres in height. A limited amount of recent planting is visible in some corners of the parkland.

The house stands on a gentle slope and overlooks the vestiges of a formal and walled garden to the south-east. Here is a balustraded terrace, neglected Dutch garden, and the rather romantic St Mary's Church, a neo-Norman structure built in 1853-4 by Salvin (Newman). (The school prospectus says Devey rebuilt it.)

There are extensive playing fields fringed by woodland to the west of the house, and a rather stark swimming pool which stands out on the south-west corner of the main lawn.