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Penshurst Place

British  
/ ˈpɛnzhɜːst /

noun

  1. a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560

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The most famous scion of this Kentish house was above all things, the moral and intellectual product of Penshurst Place.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

I am on my way now to Penshurst Place to pay my dutiful respects to my Lady Mary Sidney.

From Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney by Marshall, Emma

The pleasant little village of Penshurst, situated 6 miles north-west from Tunbridge Wells, is renowned for the beautiful fourteenth-century mansion known as Penshurst Place.

From What to See in England A Guide to Places of Historic Interest, Natural Beauty or Literary Association by Home, Gordon

Something similar to Knole House is Penshurst Place, about ten miles away, but with an atmosphere and traditions quite different from the Sackville-West mansion.

From British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland by Murphy, Thomas Dowler

The noble old forest trees of Penshurst Park were close alongside, and the grand old historic mansion of Penshurst Place was within a quarter of a mile's distance from our house.

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel