- Heritage

Dymchurch Martello Tower

Fully restored and re-equipped with its cannon, this is one of 103 ingeniously-designed artillery towers, built from 1805 at vulnerable points around the south and east coasts to resist threatened Napoleonic invasion…

Eynsford Castle

Eynsford Castle is one of the most complete Norman castles in England, located close to the village of Eynsford. Built in 1088, ransacked in the 14th Century it fell into decay and is now in the care of English Heritage and open to the public. For years it was used as dog kennels by the Hart-Dyke family of nearby Lullingstone…

Faversham Stone Chapel

Faversham Stone Chapel refers to the ruined Church of Our Lady of Elwarton, located near Faversham, Kent, England. Its origins date back to the Roman era when it was used for pagan purposes. In AD 601 Pope Gregory directed St.Augustine not to destroy pagan buildings, but to adapt them for Christian use: this is an example of a building that was converted. It was reported to be in disrepair by 1511 and seems to be abandoned by 1600…

Horne's Place Chapel

A rare survival of a fine domestic chapel, built for William Horne in 1366 and attached to his timber-framed manor house, which was attacked during the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The house and chapel are privately owned…

Kit's Coty House

Kit’s Coty House or Kit’s Coty is the name of the remains of a Neolithic chambered long barrow on Blue Bell Hill near Aylesford in the English county of Kent. It is one of the Medway megaliths…

Knights Templar Church

The foundations of a small medieval church, traditionally the site of King John’s submission to the Papal Legate in 1213…

Lullingstone Roman Villa

Lullingstone Roman Villa is a villa built during the Roman occupation of Britain, situated near the village of Eynsford in northwest Kent, south eastern England…

Maison Dieu

Maison Dieu (‘House of God’) is a hospital, monastery, hostel, retirement home and Royal lodge commissioned by Henry III…

Milton Chantry

Mainly encased in brick but still retaining its 14th-century timber roof, this was in turn part of a hospital, a chantry chapel, a public house, and a Georgian barracks, before its basement became a Second World War gas decontamination chamber. The building is within Gravesham’s Heritage Quarter and currently exhibits a fascinating insight into the borough’s heritage…

Old Soar Manor

Old Soar Manor is an English Heritage property, owned and maintained by the National Trust. Located near Borough Green, Kent, England, it is a small 13th century stone manor house…