What is recorded here

Lullingstone Castle gateway is a surviving Tudor gatehouse built for Sir John Peche in the late 1490s, standing beside Lullingstone Park in Sevenoaks. Its red brickwork, carriage arch, stair turrets and crenellated top still show the pride of a wealthy house that wanted to look strong enough to stop a king’s unwanted guest. Henry VIII may have tilted before it, ridden through it or simply passed it while Peche watched from above. The inner gates and moat are gone, but this outer door remains, holding the shape of a household that once believed display could be defence.

The National Heritage List for England records Lullingstone Castle gateway as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 15th century, Lullingstone Castle gateway was part of a larger medieval castle complex associated with the influential Fiennes family, later Earls of Kent. It is important as a well-preserved example of late medieval military architecture in England.

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