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Scotney CastleScotney Castle is a country house and garden in Kent, England. It belongs to the National Trust. The gardens, which are a celebrated example of the Picturesque style, are open to the public. They central feature is the ruins of a medieval moated manor house, Scotney Old Castle, which are on an island on a small lake. The lake is surrounded by sloping wooded gardens with fine collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia for spring colour, summer wisteria and roses, and spectacular autumn colour. At the top of the garden stands a house which was built to replace the Old Castle between 1835 and 1843. This is known as Scotney New Castle, or simply Scotney Castle, and was designed by Anthony Salvin. It is an early, and unusually restrained, example of the revived influence of Tudor architecture in 19th century Britain. External links Scotney page on the National Trust's site A comprehensive history of Scotney Castle
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