Elegant Belmont House, built in 1796, is surrounded by large formal lawns, fine specimen trees, a pinetum with a Victorian shell grotto, and a walled garden containing long borders, wisteria and a large rose border.
A second walled kitchen garden was restored in 2000 to a design by Arabella Lennox Boyd, featuring lawns, hop arbours, pleached fruit, vegetables and flowers.
The tea room is open all year round, and between 1 April and 30 September it serves light lunches on Wednesdays, plus cakes and cream teas at the weekend, 1pm to 5pm.
Doors open for the National Garden Scheme on 30 June and 1 July, 12-5pm. Entry £5, children free. Belmont House, Belmont Park, Throwley, Faversham, Kent ME13 0HH. For more details, visit ngs.org.uk…
