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Penshurst Place

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Penshurst Place [ˈpɛnzhɜːst]
n
(Placenames / Named Buildings) a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
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Accompanied by rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson, football star Jamie Redknapp and former England captain Nasser Hussain, Sir Beefy completed Day Three of his walk for Leukaemia Research with a 14-mile march from Tunbridge Wells to Penshurst Place.
STARS JOIN SIR BEEFY'S TREK by The Mirror (London, England)
These included Dover Castle - doubling as the Tower of London - Great Chalfield Manor near Bath, Haddon Hall in the Derbyshire Peak District, and Penshurst Place in Kent.
Mary so contrary; Coming soon: The Other Boleyn Girl by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
2) Jonson's lines begin backhandedly, defining Penshurst Place in light of what it is not: Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show Of touch, or marble, nor canst boast a row Of polished pillars, or a roof of gold; Thou hast no lantern, whereof tales are told, Or stair, or courts; but stand'st an ancient pile, And these grudged at, art reverenc'd the while.
From Mansfield Park to Gosford Park: the English country house from ... by Graham, Peter W. / Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
 
 
 
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