| Mereworth House Mereworth |
| Mereworth house was built after a plan of Palladio, designed for a noble Vicentine gentleman, Paolo Almerico, an ecclesiastic and referendary to two Popes, who built it in his own country about a quarter of a mile distance from the city of Venice, in a situation pleasant and delightful, and nearly like this; being watered in front with a river, and in the back encompased with the most pleasant risings, which form a kind of theatre, and abound with large and stately groves of oak and other trees; from the top of these risings there are most beautiful views, some of which are limited, and others extend so as to be terminated only by the horizon. Mereworth house is built in a moat, and has four fronts, having each a portico, but the two side ones are filled up; under the floor of the hall and best apartments, are rooms and conveniences for the servants. The hall, which is in the middle, forms a cupola, and receives its light from above, and is formed with a double case, between which the smoke is conveyed through the chimnies to the center of it at top. The wings are at a small distance from the house, and are elegantly designed. In the front of the house is an avenue, cut through the woods, three miles in length towards Wrotham-heath, and finished with incredible expense and labour by Lord Westmoreland, for a communication with the London road there: throughout the whole, art and nature are so happily blended together, as to render it a most delightful situation. extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1798 |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 239 |
| 1797 | The Tunbridge Wells Guide by J. Sprange ⇒ p. 225 |
| 1798 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume V by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 71 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 53 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 150 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 337 |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 280 |
| 1914 | Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson ⇒ p. 283 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1809 |  | Mereworth by Paul Amsinck & engraved by Letitia Byrne | Letitia Byrne | Amsinck's Tunbridge Wells | |
| 1826 |  | Mereworth Castle by J. Clifford, Tunbridge Wells | Guide of Tunbridge Wells | ||
| 1911 |  | Mereworth Castle | Kent Castles | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - a Palladian villa built by John Fane in 1720-30 | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | La Rotonda | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - Colin Campbells English version of Palladios Rotonda | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - ceiling of the shell room | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - fresco painting in the loggia | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - the central domed hall | Country Houses | ||
| c 1930 |  | Mereworth Castle - the long gallery | Country Houses | ||
| 1962 |  | Mereworth Castle photographed by Country Life | Country Life Picture Book of Kent and Sussex - 1962 reproduced with the permission of Country Life | ||
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