5464 x 3640 px | 46,3 x 30,8 cm | 18,2 x 12,1 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
4 novembre 2020
Ubicazione:
Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Thanet, Kent
Altre informazioni:
Kingsgate Castle on the cliffs above Kingsgate Bay, Broadstairs, Kent, was built for Lord Holland in the 1760s as the stable block of his nearby country residence Holland House. His main residence was Holland House in Kensington, near London. The name Kingsgate is related to an incidental landing of Charles II on 30 June 1683 though other English monarchs have also used this cove, such as George II in 1748. The building was later the residence of John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury. Holland House, Kingsgate, in Kent, is a Georgian country house built between 1762 and 1768 as his retirement home by the politician Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland (1705-1774), of Holland House in Kensington. It is a Grade II listed building. 1760 Lord Holland built a copy of a Welsh Edwardian castle to house his stables. This soon fell into ruin and the large round tower is all that remains of the original building. In the late C19 it was rebuilt by Lord Avebury. Quadrangular in shape. 2 to 3 storeys flint faced with stone long and short quoins and window dressings. Crenellated parapet. Windows are 3 light mullions.
