Aug 192008
Ightham Mote (pronounced “item moat”) is a medieval moated manor house close to the village of Ightham, near Sevenoaks in Kent. The name “mote” derives from “moot”, “meeting [place]“, rather than referring to the body of water. Originally dating to around 1320, the building is of note as, after the completion of the quadrangle with a new chapel in the sixteenth century, its successive owners effected relatively few changes to the main structure. It was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1985 by an American businessman, Charles Henry Robinson, who had bought it in 1953. The house is now a Grade I listed building, and parts of it are a Scheduled Ancient Monument. Kent travel guides.
GPS travel destinations: 51° 15′ 29.88″ N, 0° 16′ 6.78″ E
