TQ5453 : Bird House, Knole Park,Kent
3 km from Sevenoaks, Kent, Great Britain
Bird House, Knole Park,Kent
An octagonal structure built in the Gothic Revival style in 1761. According to the National Trust Website (Link
this was built as a folly to ornament the parkland near Knole House. The arch through which the view is taken gives the appearance of being very old but is, itself, part of a set of fake ruins (also built in the 1760s) making up another folly.
this was built as a folly to ornament the parkland near Knole House. The arch through which the view is taken gives the appearance of being very old but is, itself, part of a set of fake ruins (also built in the 1760s) making up another folly.![Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]](http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gif)
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- TQ5453, 10 images (find more images nearby)
- Photographer
- Pete Chapman (find more nearby)
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- Geograph (First for TQ5453)
- Date Taken
- Sunday, 23 October, 2005
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 25 October, 2005
- Category
- House (find more nearby)
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TQ 543 539 [100m precision]
WGS84: 51:15.8027N 0:12.6103E
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