The Dower House, Goodnestone, Kent.
The Dower House. Late C16. Red brick in English and Header bonds with plain tiled roof. Two storeys and attic on basement with plinth and string course. Roof with kneelered gables, with 2 projecting 3 storeyed gables to left and to centre right and central hipped dormer. Four moulded stacks to centre left. Two light mullioned windows with labels in gable heads, with 4 light and 3 light mullioned windows on first floor, and 5 light mullioned and transomed windows on each floor in central recessed area. One 3 light leaded wooden casement on each floor to right. Basement opening to right. Rib and stud door to centre right in porch, with four centred arched surround. Porch doorway also four centred with label and Arms over. Built as Dower House to Knowlton Court. This is where Jane Austen stayed for a few nights in August, 1805. It was the home of the widowed Lady Bridges, late of Goodnestone("Gunston") Park next door. Jane found the shelves in her room in a state of great disorder, noting 'what a treat for my mother to arrange them!' From here she would walk to her brother Edward's house 'Rowling', about a mile away. My photo shows the rear of the property from Goodnestone Park Gardens
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Location: Goodnestone Park, Kent, CT3 1PL
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: austen, c16, dower, garden, goodnestone, grade, historic, house, ii, jane, kent, kent., listed, rill, walled
