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==Kent== {{See also|Maps of castles in England by county: BβK#Kent|label 1=Map of castles in Kent}} Castles of which little or nothing remains include:<ref name="King"/> {{flatlist| *[[Thurnham, Kent|Binbury Castle]] *[[Brenchley|Brenchley Castle]] *[[Newenden|Castle Toll (Newenden)]] *[[Folkestone Castle]] *[[Newnham Castle]] *[[Queenborough Castle]] *[[Sandown Castle, Kent|Sandown Castle]] *[[Sandwich, Kent|Sandwich Castle]] *[[Stowting|Stowting Castle]] *[[Thurnham Castle]] }} {{Sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" width="100%" !width="12%"|Name !width="10%"|Type !width="8%" |Date !width="10%"|Condition !class="unsortable" width="94"|Image !width="10%"|Ownership / Access !class="unsortable"|Notes |- |[[Allington Castle]] |Fortified house |{{sort|1201|13β14th century}} |Restored |[[File:Allington Castle.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |Restored in 1905β1929.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=415082 "Allington Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722061743/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=415082 |date=2015-07-22 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Canterbury Castle]] |Tower keep |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Canterbury Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local Authority |Demolished in 1792.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=464740 "Canterbury Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225071950/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=464740 |date=2012-02-25 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Chiddingstone Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|19|19th century}} |Intact |[[File:Chiddingstone Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1260148.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |17th-century building converted to a castle in the 19th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407188 "Chiddingstone Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007035716/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407188 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Chilham Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β14th century}} |Intact |[[File:Chilham Castle from Soleshill Road - geograph.org.uk - 403663 cropped.jpg|90px]] |NGS |Keep survives with [[Jacobean architecture|Jacobean]] house.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463362 "Chilham Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009125739/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463362 |date=2012-10-09 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Cooling Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1380|1380s}} |Part ruined |[[File:Cooling Castle Gateway - geograph.org.uk - 1067812.jpg|90px]] |Private |Well-preserved gatehouse survives, barns used for events.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416574 "Cooling Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711210905/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416574 |date=2015-07-11 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Deal Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1501|16th century}} |Intact |[[File:Deal Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Formerly residence of Captain of the [[Cinque Ports]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=468386 "Deal Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040029/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=468386 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Dover Castle]] |Concentric castle |{{sort|1101|12β13th century}} |Intact |[[File:Keep and entrance of Dover Castle, 2007.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Adapted for modern warfare 18β19th centuries.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=467778 "Dover Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040042/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=467778 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Eynsford Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Eynsford Castle, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 40563.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410057 "Eynsford Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040059/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410057 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Hever Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Restored |[[File:Hever Castle 10.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Restored early 19th century, working [[portcullis]].<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407172 "Hever Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040108/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=407172 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Kingsgate Castle]] |Neo-romantic castle |{{sort|1701|18β19th century}} |Intact |[[File:Kingsgate Castle and Kingsgate Bay - geograph.org.uk - 1474011.jpg|90px]] |Private apartments |Built c. 1760, rebuilt late 19th century.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-417608-kingsgate-castle-broadstairs-and-st-pete "Kingsgate Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113180817/http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-417608-kingsgate-castle-broadstairs-and-st-pete |date=2011-11-13 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Leeds Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1101|12β15th century}} |Restored |[[File:Castle Leeds1 cz.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Extensively rebuilt in 1822 and 1926.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=418125 "Leeds Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040118/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=418125 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Leybourne Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1201|13th century}} |Fragmentary ruins |[[File:Leybourne Castle.jpg|90px]] |Private |16th-century house partly incorporating ruins, rebuilt in 1931.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412530 "Leybourne Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406211123/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412530 |date=2012-04-06 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lullingstone Castle]] |Semi-fortified house |{{sort|1543|1543β80}} |Fragment |[[File:Lullingstone Castle Gatehouse - geograph.org.uk - 609440.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |16th-century gatehouse incorporated into a later house.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410359 "Lullingstone Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040129/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410359 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Lympne Castle]] |Fortified house |{{sort|1201|13β14th century}} |Restored |[[File:Lympne Castle - geograph.org.uk - 57817.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |Restored and extended in 1907β12.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463996 "Lympne Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040142/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463996 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Otford Palace]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1515|16th century}} |Ruins |[[File:Otford Palace Gatehouse.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local Authority |The palace was one of the chain of houses belonging to the archbishops of Canterbury.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446054-remains-of-walls-of-archbishop-s-palace- "Otford Palace 1"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016135146/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446054-remains-of-walls-of-archbishop-s-palace- |date=2015-10-16 }} [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446053-remains-of-walls-of-archbishop-s-palace- "Otford Palace 2"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903145918/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446053-remains-of-walls-of-archbishop-s-palace- |date=2014-09-03 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Penshurst Place]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1301|14β15th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Penshurst Place - geograph.org.uk - 841026.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|HH|[[Image:HH icon.svg]]}} |Remodelled in the 19th century, single tower and stretch of wall survive from fortifications of c. 1400.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446478-penshurst-place-penshurst "Penshurst Place"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128211258/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-446478-penshurst-place-penshurst |date=2012-01-28 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Rochester Castle]] |Tower keep |{{sort|1127|1127}} |Ruins |[[File:Rochester castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Keep {{convert|125|ft|m|abbr=on}} high to top of turrets.<ref>Brown (1962), p.69.</ref><ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416269 "Rochester Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040153/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416269 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[St Leonard's Tower, West Malling]] |Tower keep |{{sort|1080|1080}} |Ruins |[[File:St leonards tower.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412468 "St. Leonard's Tower"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190749/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412468 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Saltwood Castle]] |Castle |{{sort|1101|12β14th century}} |Part restored |[[File:Saltwood Castle.JPG|90px]] |Private |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463799 "Saltwood Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007040505/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463799 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sandgate Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1539|1539β40}} |Substantially intact |[[File:Sandgate Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1412667.jpg|90px]] |Private |Altered in 1805β06.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=465722 "Sandgate Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103838/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=465722 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Scotney Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1378|1378β80}} |Fragment |[[File:Scotney_Castle.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |Single surviving tower incorporated in later house.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412175 "Scotney Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103847/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=412175 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sissinghurst Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1401|15th century}} |Rebuilt |[[File:Sissinghurst Castle 09.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|ENT|[[Image:NTE icon.svg]]}} |No fortifications remaining.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=417584 "Sissinghurst Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103857/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=417584 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Wouldham|Starkey Castle]] |Manor house |{{sort|1301|14th century}} |Fragment |[[File:Starkey Castle from Footpath - geograph.org.uk - 1062154.jpg|90px]] |Private |Fine medieval hall-house remains from possibly fortified manor house.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-179417-starkey-castle-wouldham "Starkey Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118040239/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-179417-starkey-castle-wouldham |date=2012-01-18 }} BLB.</ref> |- |[[Stone Castle]] |Tower |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Intact |[[File:Stone Castle - geograph.org.uk - 893976.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |Medieval tower incorporated in building of 1825.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410707 "Stone Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190037/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=410707 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Sutton Valence Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1101|12th century}} |Fragmentary remains |[[File:Sutton Valence Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1015834.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=417741 "Sutton Valence Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005190802/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=417741 |date=2012-10-05 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Tonbridge Castle]] |Keep and bailey |{{sort|1001|11β13th century}} |Fragment |[[File:TonbridgeCastle0018.JPG|90px]] |{{sort|HC|[[Image:CL icon.svg]]}}<br/>Local authority |Gatehouse survives.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=409297 "Tonbridge Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103909/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=409297 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Upnor Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1559|1559β67, 1599β1601}} |Substantially intact |[[File:Upnor Castle 01.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416743 "Upnor Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103921/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=416743 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Walmer Castle]] |Artillery fort |{{sort|1539|1539}} |Intact |[[File:Walmer Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1407476.jpg|90px]] |{{sort|EH|[[Image:EH icon.svg]]}} |Residence of the Lord Warden of the [[Cinque Ports]] from 18th century.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=468409 "Walmer Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103936/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=468409 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |- |[[Westenhanger Castle]] |Fortified manor house |{{sort|1343|c. 1343}} |Fragment |[[File:Westenhanger Castle - geograph.org.uk - 889584.jpg|90px]] |Wedding venue |18th-century farmhouse built within ruins.<ref>[http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463895 "Westenhanger Castle"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007103952/http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=463895 |date=2012-10-07 }} PSC.</ref> |}
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