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IGrade I · Register of Parks and Gardens · since 1986
Penshurst Place
Penshurst Place is a Grade I registered park and garden in Kent, about 26 km south-west of Maidstone. It was added to the Register in 1986. The registered site covers about 189 hectares, the 4th largest of the 17 in Kent with a recorded size.
- Register grade
- Grade I
- Registered
- 1986
- NHLE list entry
- 1243169
- Also
- Grade I listed building
- County
- Kent
- Region
- South East
- District
- Sevenoaks
- Parish or place
- Penshurst
- Address
- Penshurst Place, Penshurst, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 8DG UK
- Coordinates
- 51.1746, 0.1837
- Nearest city
- Maidstone · 26 km south-west
- From London
- 43 km in a straight line
- Kind
- Country house garden historic house museum, English country house, country house
- Area
- 189 ha · 467 acres
- Created or founded
- 1341
- Owner
- Philip Sidney, 2nd Viscount De L’Isle
- Website
- www.penshurstplace.com/
Designation
Location
The site
Sources: Wikidata Q7164746, National Heritage List entry 1243169; described in 9 Wikipedia editions.
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