Ightham Mote
Ightham Mote, at Ightham, is a medieval moated manor house in Kent, England. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Brian Snelson, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Giles, Shipbourne and Fairlawne.
Church of St Giles, Shipbourne
Church
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Church of St Giles, Shipbourne is situated 1 mile southeast of Ightham Mote.
Fairlawne
Building
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairlawne is a Grade I listed house in Shipbourne, Kent, England, about 30 miles southeast of central London. The Fairlawne Estate is extensive and stretches to Plaxtol. Fairlawne is situated 3,500 feet east of Ightham Mote.
Plaxtol Church
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plaxtol Church is situated 1¼ miles east of Ightham Mote.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oldbury Camp and Seal Chart.
Oldbury Camp
Locality
Photo: Barry, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oldbury Camp is the largest Iron Age hill fort in south-eastern England. It was built in the 1st century BC by Celtic British tribes on a hilltop west of Ightham, Kent, in a strategic location overlooking routes through the Kentish Weald. Oldbury Camp is situated 1½ miles north of Ightham Mote.
Seal Chart
Locality
Seal Chart is a village 2 miles east of Sevenoaks in Kent, England. It is within the Sevenoaks local government district. It is in the civil parish of Seal. Seal Chart is situated 2 miles northwest of Ightham Mote.
Underriver
Hamlet
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Underriver is a village about 3 miles south-east of Sevenoaks, Kent. It is in the civil parish of Seal. The name "Underriver", standardised from Underevere, is derived from the Old English Sub le Ryver which translates into modern English as " under the hill-brow". Underriver is situated 2 miles southwest of Ightham Mote.
Ightham Mote
- Type: Building
- Description: historic house, now museum, on a moated site in Ightham, Kent, England, UK
- Categories: historic house museum and English country house
- Location: Ightham, Tonbridge and Malling District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Serbo-Croatian—“Ightham Mote” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ightham Mote”
- French: “Ightham Mote”
- German: “Ightham Mote”
- Irish: “Ightham Mote”
- Japanese: “アイサム・モート”
- Japanese: “アイタム・モート”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ightham Mote”
- Norwegian: “Ightham Mote”
- Portuguese: “Ightham Mote”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ightham Mote”
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