Cobham Hall
Cohbam Hall, a beautiful red brick Elizabethan, Jacobean, Carolean style mansion, is set in 150 acres of historic Grade II listed landscaped gardens and parkland and described as "one of the largest, finest and most important houses in Kent". The renowned Gilt Hall, originally created in the 17th Century, features a magnificent gilded plaster ceiling and wall decorations and houses one of the only two remaining working historic 18th Century Snetzler Organs. The former seat to the Earls of Darnley, Cobham Hall was used for recuperating Australian Servicemen during the First World War, and was home to the ‘Ashes’, a personal gift to the cricket playing 8th Earl in 1883. The gardens were landscaped for the 4th Earl of Darnley by Humphrey Repton and have recently been restored. They include a number of interesting architectural buildings and follies such as an Aviary, Pump House, an Ionic Temple, Repton’s Seat built in memory of Humphrey Repton by his sons, and a Gothic Dairy. The naturalesque gardens are without doubt beautiful throughout the year, and especially during the Spring, when they are clothed with snowdrops, celandines, narcissi and daffodils, including many nationally rare varieties. Cobham Hall is licensed for Civil Ceremonies and is an ideal venue for weddings, conferences, private functions and large or small corporate events. The Hall is now an independent boarding and day…
