Five bed room Kent farmhouse with its very own LAKE stated to be constructed for a Prince...

Five bed room Kent farmhouse with its very own LAKE stated to be constructed for a Prince goesfor sale for £1.9m

Few homes on the market have their very own lake - or even fewer can say it turned into eparticularly constructed for a prince to go 800 years ago. Legend has it that the man-made lake withinside the grounds of Grade I indexed Ratling Court in Aylesham, close to Canterbury, Kent, which has long past up on the market for simply under £1.9m, turned into constructed for Edward, the Black Prince, 'to go' withinside the 1300s. Edward of Woodstock, who possibly have become called the Black Prince after his loss of life because of the shade of the armour he wore, married Joan, Countess of Kent in 1362, so had connections withinside the area. Their more youthful son Richard went directly to end up King Richard II on his grandfather’s loss of life in 1377, simplest a yr after the Black Prince surpassed away himself. It isn't always acknowledged why the residence wanted a lake for the Black Prince to go, however the legend has persevered to this day. The 5 bed room farmhouse, in 4.7 acres, turned into at the beginning constructed for the de Ratling own circle of relatives round 1320 and remained a ownership of the Earls Cowper for plenty years. The baby-kisser Sir William Cowper is well-known for uniting Scotland and England. He turned into appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal and carried out the negotiations among the English and Scottish to unite England with Scotland It is likewise alleged that William Cowper turned into polyamorous as he bore kids to his spouse and mistress who each knew of the opposite woman. With later additions withinside the 15th, sixteenth and 18th centuries, the house additionally comes with oast homes withinside the grounds. It is built of wood body and the unique developers used a with plaster infill. There is likewise painted brickwork and a tiled roof. The oldest part, withinside the centre, turned into as soon as the open corridor of an aisled residence courting from the early fourteenth century, in line with a ancient survey formerly executed at the property. The north wing turned into rebuilt with an higher ground approximately the center of the 15th century, at the same time as the south wing is dated 1637, the survey adds. With many unique features, including a King put up roof over the important corridor (one of the only a few surviving roofs in Kent) crown posts, dragon beams, uncovered timbers, it additionally has 5 reception rooms and a snug. In the grounds, except the oast homes and strong block is a thatched Donkey Wheel House, with all of the unique workings, which hyperlinks as much as the rear front of the residence. The cutting-edge house owners reportedly use this vintage donkey wheel area for activities and entertaining. Sir William Cowper, who lived withinside the mid-1600s, is stated to have deliberate the additions and the ceiling withinside the corridor. His son have become the primary Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain withinside the 18th Century. The residence is on the market thru Jackson-Stops.

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