Chevening, Kent Downs

Name: Chevening
Address: Kent Downs, United Kingdom

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Chevening House is a large country house in the parish of Chevening in Kent, in south east England. Built between 1617 and 1630 to a design reputedly by Inigo Jones and greatly extended after 1717, it is a Grade I listed building. The surrounding gardens, pleasure grounds and park are listed Grade II*. ()

Elevation: 335 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 51°17'48"N, 0°7'51"E

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Kent Downs United Kingdom

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Chevening – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Katharine's Church, Chatham Vase, Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Fort Halstead.

1.5 miNW
Church
St Katharine's Church
38 min walk • St Katharine's Church is an Anglican parish church in the village of Knockholt and the Sevenoaks deanery. St Katharine's and St Margaret's came together in 1983 as a United Benefice under one parish priest. The pattern of services reflects the fact that it is two parishes working closely together.
~890 ftE
Memorial
Chatham Vase, Kent Downs
5 min walk • The Chatham Vase is a stone sculpture by John Bacon commissioned as a memorial to William Pitt the Elder by his wife, Hester, Countess of Chatham. It was originally erected at their house in Burton Pynsent in 1781.
1.5 miNE
Museum
Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Kent Downs
38 min walk • Polhill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial that was used in the seventh and eighth centuries CE. It is located close to the hamlet of Polhill, near Sevenoaks in Kent, South-East England.
1.3 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks
34 min walk • Fort Halstead is a research site of Dstl, an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. It is situated on the crest of the Kentish North Downs, overlooking the town of Sevenoaks, southeast of London.