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| Highlights |  | Events
Throughout the season |  | Guided tours
By arrangement and subject to availability |  | Country walks
Estate walks guide on sale at garden entrance and shop |
About this property
Scotney Castle was home to the Hussey family from the late 18th century and in 1835 Edward Hussey III, who took the Picturesque style as his inspiration, commissioned eminent architect Anthony Salvin to design a new country house in an Elizabethan style. The celebrated gardens, designed around the ruins of a 14th-century moated castle, feature spectacular displays of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia in May and June, wisteria and roses rambling over the ruins in summer, and trees and ferns providing rich colour in autumn. There are fine walks through the estate, with its parkland, woodland, hop farm and wonderful vistas and views. The house is opening in stages over the next five years, with selected rooms open at the moment. Visitors will be able to discover the different styles of each room which show how a house can be changed to accommodate three generations of a family alongside modern living.
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