Riverhill House

Sevenoaks Weald, United Kingdom

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Admission: Ticketed

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Riverhill House is a Grade II listed Queen Anne manor of rag-stone, situated on the southern edge of Sevenoaks in Kent, just south of Knole Park. Originally built in 1714 atop a Tudor farmstead, the 130-acre estate was acquired in 1840 by John Rogers, a botanist and contemporary of Charles Darwin who was drawn to its sheltered location and lime-free soil. An early member of the Royal Horticultural Society and patron of Victorian plant-hunters, Rogers established the gardens in 1842, which remain a defining feature of the property. The house was enlarged and improved by successive Rogers generations through 1900 and remains in the family's private ownership. The gardens, open to the public from March to September, contain notable specimens including a Turkey oak grown from seed collected in Russia by a Crimean War veteran, and cedar trees planted in the 1840s. The estate gained wider attention in 2010 when it was featured in a Channel 4 documentary as part of the Country House Rescue series.