Chevening Park, Sevenoaks, England

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Brief description of site

Chevening Park has gardens of 16 hectares, pleasure grounds and a park of 280 hectares surrounding a country house. The house was remodelled in the early and late 18th century and extended during the first half of the 19th century.
The house stands in a fine wooded park. In the garden, features of an earlier design combine with those of this century. The landscape in this area below the North Downs scarp is of high quality and an ambitious restoration programme is now underway.

Brief history of site

The present Chevening House was built, reputedly to designs by Inigo Jones in about 1620 for Richard Lennard, thirteenth Lord Dacre, on the site of an earlier building. The house and gardens were re-modelled after 1718. Furtehr changes were made from the 1770s onwards. The fourth Earl, Philip, succeeded in 1816 by which time the park had become neglected. A keen gardener and forester, he spent thirty-seven years planting at Chevening and was responsible for the basic layout of the present gardens and surrounding park.

Location information:

OS Landranger Map Sheet Number:	188	Grid Ref:	TQ486576
Latitude:	51.29814	Longitude:	0.1300741

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