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Ightham Mote

A Grade I Listed Building in Ightham, Kent

  • Ightham Mote, The East Front

  • Former stable block

  • dog kennel, front view

  • dog kennel, side view

  • West tower

  • South side

  • NE corner

  • SW corner

  • Ightham Mote: tower & west range from inner court, late c15

  • Ightham Mote: half timbered c15 north range & early c14 east range from inner court; Great Hall on right with later Perpendicular window

  • Ightham Mote: new chapel on left, oriel room on right

  • Ightham Mote: Perpendicular window from hall; armorial glass with Tudor emblems

  • Ightham Mote: paintings in hall of Dorothy Selby (a later owner), 1572-1641, as older & younger woman

  • Ightham Mote: fireplace in hall with date

  • Ightham Mote: barrel vault ceiling in new chapel with Tudor emblems of red rose (Lancaster), castle (Castile), arrows (Aragon) & portcullis (Beaufort) symbolising Catherine of Aragon marriage

  • Ightham Mote: glass in new chapel, probably continental addition of c18

  • South range and moat

  • West Range and Lawn

  • Fireplace in Drawing Room

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Entry Name: Ightham Mote

Listing Date: 1 August 1952

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1362410

English Heritage Legacy ID: 357258

ID on this website: 101362410

Location: Ivy Hatch, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, TN15

County: Kent

District: Tonbridge and Malling

Civil Parish: Ightham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Ightham St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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