Restoration House

Restoration House in Rochester, Kent in England, is a fine example of an Elizabethan mansion. It is so named after the visit of King Charles II on the eve of his restoration.

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English country house, historic house museum, United Kingdom, 
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• File:Eynsford Castle (20) (18373797302) (2).jpg

  Eynsford Castle ⓘ
  castle, now ruinous, in Eynsford, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Lullingstone Castle (geograph 7526378).jpg

  Lullingstone Castle ⓘ
  historic manor house in the village of Lullingstone in England  

• File:Sutton Valence Castle.jpg

  Sutton Valence Castle ⓘ
  castle in Sutton Valence, Kent, England, UK  

• File:TonbridgeCastle0021.JPG

  Tonbridge Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Rochester Castle Keep and Bailey 0038stcp.JPG

  Rochester Castle ⓘ
  castle in Rochester, Kent, South East England  

• File:Castle Leeds1 cz.jpg

  Leeds Castle ⓘ
  castle in Kent, England, UK  

• File:HadleighCastle.jpg

  Hadleigh Castle ⓘ
  Grade I listed castle in Castle Point, Essex, England, UK  

• File:Allington Castle.jpg

  Allington Castle ⓘ
  stone-built moated castle in Allington, England

• File:Cooling Castle, 2011.jpg

  Cooling Castle ⓘ
  quadrangular castle in Cooling, Medway, Kent, United Kingdom  

• File:Upnor 0109.JPG

  Upnor Castle ⓘ
  fort located on the River Medway in Kent  

• File:Brogdale - geograph.org.uk - 418946.jpg

  National Fruit Collection ⓘ
  collection of heritage fruit varieties and cultivars, at Brogdale Farm, Kent, England

• File:The Pines Garden, St Margaret's at Cliffe - geograph.org.uk - 1520841.jpg

  Pines Garden ⓘ
  garden in St Margaret's at Cliffe, Kent

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  Rayleigh Mount ⓘ
  garden in Rochford, Essex, England, UK

• File:Riverhill House, 2011.jpg

  Riverhill House ⓘ
  country house in Sevenoaks Weald, Kent, England, UK

• File:Belmont House - geograph.org.uk - 1597121.jpg

  Belmont House and Gardens ⓘ
  Georgian house and gardens in Throwley, Kent, England, UK

• File:BWLR1.jpg

  Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway ⓘ
  heritage railway in Kent, England

• File:Canvey Bus Museum - geograph.org.uk - 107555.jpg

  Canvey Island Transport Museum ⓘ
  transport museum on Canvey Island, Essex, England, UK

• File:Cater Museum Billericay.jpg

  Cater Museum ⓘ
  small local museum in Billericay High Street

• File:Chatham Gannet1878-001.JPG

  Chatham Historic Dockyard ⓘ
  maritime museum in Chatham, Kent, England

• File:Crofton Roman Villa - geograph.org.uk - 612839.jpg

  Crofton Roman Villa ⓘ
  Roman villa in Orpington, in the London Borough of Bromley

• File:Danson Mansion.jpg

  Danson House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Bexley, United Kingdom

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  Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation ⓘ
  zoo in the UK

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  Essex Fire Museum ⓘ
  fire museum in Essex, United Kingdom

• File:ChathamAmherst6572.JPG

  Fort Amherst ⓘ
  fort in Chatham, UK  

• File:GuildhallRochester.jpg

  Guildhall Museum, Rochester ⓘ
  Grade I listed local museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

• File:HallPlace.jpg

  Hall Place and Gardens ⓘ
  Grade I listed house and museum in Bexley, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

• File:HMSCavalier.jpg

  HMS Cavalier ⓘ
  1944 C-class destroyer  

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  HMS Ocelot ⓘ
  1962 Oberon-class submarine  

• File:IghthamMote.jpg

  Ightham Mote ⓘ
  historic house, now museum, on a moated site in Ightham, Kent, England, UK

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  Kent Life ⓘ
  museum in Kent, UK

• File:Knole, Sevenoaks in Kent - March 2009.jpg

  Knole House ⓘ
  country house in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK

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  Lashenden Air Warfare Museum ⓘ
  Aviation museum in England

• File:Milton Chantry.jpg

  Milton Chantry ⓘ
  former chantry chapel in Gravesend, Kent England

• File:New Tavern Fort magazines exterior.jpg

  New Tavern Fort ⓘ
  historic artillery fort in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Old Soar Manor.jpg

  Old Soar Manor ⓘ
  historic house museum in Plaxtol, Kent, England, UK

• File:PS Kingswear Castle01.JPG

  PS Kingswear Castle ⓘ
  1924 paddle steamer

• File:Medway Queen, Damhead Creek - geograph.org.uk - 1006725.jpg

  PS Medway Queen ⓘ
  1924 paddle steamer  

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  Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum ⓘ
  Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom

• File:London Borough of Havering - Rainham Hall - 20180928114458.jpg

  Rainham Hall ⓘ
  historic house museum in Rainham, London Borough of Havering, UK

• File:Rayleigh Town Museum 190916.jpg

  Rayleigh Town Museum ⓘ
  small local museum located in Rayleigh High Street

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  Rayleigh Windmill Museum ⓘ
  museum in Rayleigh, England, UK

• File:Restoration House, Rochester.jpg

  Restoration House ⓘ
  historic house and museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

• File:Southchurch Hall, front - geograph.org.uk - 314982.jpg

  Southchurch Hall ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

• File:Stoneacre, Otham, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 1281928.jpg

  Stoneacre ⓘ
  historic house in Kent, England, UK

• File:Strood TempleManor Left.JPG

  Temple Manor ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum in Medway, United Kingdom

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  The Hop Farm Museum ⓘ
  museum in nr. Tonbridge, England, UK

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  Thurrock Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Grays

• File:Part of Coldrum Long Barrow - geograph.org.uk - 482591.jpg

  Coldrum Long Barrow ⓘ
  neolithic chambered long barrow near Trottiscliffe, Kent, England, UK

• File:Tilbury Fort - Parade ground - geograph.org.uk - 1640070.jpg

  Tilbury Fort ⓘ
  bastioned fort on the Thames Estuary  

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  Dutch Cottage Museum ⓘ
  local museum on Canvey Island

• File:Maidstone 034.jpg

  Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery ⓘ
  regional museum, regimental museum, art gallery, heritage centre, historic house museum in Kent, England, United Kingdom

• File:The Red House, Bexleyheath.JPG

  Red House ⓘ
  Grade I listed historic house museum, former home of William Morris

• File:Slough Fort left wing battery.jpg

  Slough Fort ⓘ
  fort in Allhallows, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury UK.jpg

  Coalhouse Fort ⓘ
  artillery fort at Coalhouse Point in Essex, England, UK  

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  Sevenoaks Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sevenoaks, Kent, England, UK, United Kingdom

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  Gravesham Museum ⓘ
  museum in Gravesend, England, UK

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  Maidstone Carriage Museum ⓘ
  museum in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

• File:Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend.jpg

  Beecroft Art Gallery ⓘ
  art gallery in Southend-on-Sea

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  Gravesend Cold War Bunker ⓘ
  Cold War control bunker in Gravesend, Kent, England, UK  

• File:Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre, Preston Street - geograph.org.uk - 3624317.jpg

  Fleur de Lis Museum ⓘ
  museum in Faversham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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  Shoreham Aircraft Museum ⓘ
  museum in Kent, England

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  Six Poor Travellers House ⓘ
  museum in Rochester, Kent, England, UK

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  Minster Gatehouse Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sheerness, England, UK

• File:Central Museum Southend.jpg

  Southend Central Museum ⓘ
  museum in Southend-on-Sea, England

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  Barleylands Farm Museum ⓘ
  Farm museum in Billericay, England

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  Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum ⓘ
  museum in Battlesbridge, England, UK

• File:Royal-Engineers-Museum-01.jpg

  Royal Engineers Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK  

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  Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities ⓘ
  museum in Sheerness, Kent, England, UK

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  Southend Pier Museum ⓘ
  local museum in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom

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  Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre ⓘ
  museum in Purfleet, Essex, UK

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  Queenborough Guildhall Museum ⓘ
  museum in Queenborough, England, UK

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  Sittingbourne Heritage Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sittingbourne, England, UK

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  Bluetown Heritage Centre ⓘ
  community cinema, music hall, museum and show destination in Sheppey, Kent, England, UK

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  Kent Firefighting Museum ⓘ
  museum in Sevenoaks, England, UK

• File:Rochester Huguenot Museum 95 High Street 5318.jpg

  Huguenot Museum ⓘ
  museum in Rochester, England, UK

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  RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre ⓘ
  Aviation museum in England

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1087 Rochester Castle

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1119 Leeds Castle

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1230 Hadleigh Castle

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1279 Allington Castle

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1380 Cooling Castle

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1567 Upnor Castle

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-4000 Coldrum Long Barrow

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1539 Tilbury Fort

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1618 Dutch Cottage Museum

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1858 Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery

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1859-01-01T00:00:00Z

1859 Red House

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1867 Slough Fort

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1877 Coalhouse Fort

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1905-01-01T00:00:00Z

1905 Sevenoaks Museum

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1911 Gravesham Museum

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1946-01-01T00:00:00Z

1946 Maidstone Carriage Museum

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1952 Beecroft Art Gallery

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1954 Gravesend Cold War Bunker

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1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

1977 Fleur de Lis Museum

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1978-01-01T00:00:00Z

1978 Shoreham Aircraft Museum

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1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

1979 Six Poor Travellers House

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1981 Minster Gatehouse Museum

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1981 Southend Central Museum

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1984 Barleylands Farm Museum

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1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

1984 Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum

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1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

1987 Royal Engineers Museum

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1989 Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities

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1989 Southend Pier Museum

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1995 Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre

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1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

1996 Queenborough Guildhall Museum

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1999 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum

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2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

2009 Bluetown Heritage Centre

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2014 Kent Firefighting Museum

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2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

2015 Huguenot Museum

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2021-06-01T00:00:00Z

2021 RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre

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Restoration House Winter 8854

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Vines Church 8857

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Restoration House Winter Sundial 8852

• On Restoration House, Rochester - scholarly article by W. Brenchley Rye published in January 1883, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Eynsford Castle	castle, archaeological site	Wikidata
site	castle		Lullingstone Castle	castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle		Sutton Valence Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Tonbridge Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1087	Rochester Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1119	Leeds Castle	castle, English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	castle	1230	Hadleigh Castle	castle, ruins	Wikidata
site	castle	1279	Allington Castle	castle, English country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1380	Cooling Castle	quadrangular castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1567	Upnor Castle	castle, military museum	Wikidata
site	garden		National Fruit Collection	botanical garden, orchard	Wikidata
site	garden		Pines Garden	garden, local museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Rayleigh Mount	garden, motte	Wikidata
site	garden		Riverhill House	garden, English country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Belmont House and Gardens	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway	heritage railway, narrow-gauge railway	Wikidata
site	museum		Canvey Island Transport Museum	transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Cater Museum	local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Chatham Historic Dockyard	maritime museum, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Crofton Roman Villa	museum, villa rustica	Wikidata
site	museum		Danson House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Essex Fire Museum	firefighting museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Fort Amherst	fort, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Guildhall Museum, Rochester	local museum, independent museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Hall Place and Gardens	house, local museum, historic house museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Cavalier	destroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Ocelot	attack submarine, preserved watercraft, museum ship	Wikidata
site	museum		Ightham Mote	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Kent Life	open-air museum, local museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Knole House	English country house, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Lashenden Air Warfare Museum	aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Milton Chantry	local museum, chantry	Wikidata
site	museum		New Tavern Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Old Soar Manor	manor house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Kingswear Castle	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		PS Medway Queen	museum ship, paddle steamer, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rainham Hall	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rayleigh Town Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Rayleigh Windmill Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Restoration House	English country house, historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Southchurch Hall	historic house museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Stoneacre	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Temple Manor	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Hop Farm Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Thurrock Museum	local museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	4000	Coldrum Long Barrow	museum, long barrow	Wikidata
site	museum	1539	Tilbury Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1618	Dutch Cottage Museum	local museum, cottage	Wikidata
site	museum	1858	Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery	art museum, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1859	Red House	historic house museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1867	Slough Fort	fort, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1877	Coalhouse Fort	military museum, fort	Wikidata
site	museum	1905	Sevenoaks Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1911	Gravesham Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1946	Maidstone Carriage Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1952	Beecroft Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1954	Gravesend Cold War Bunker	bunker, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1977	Fleur de Lis Museum	heritage center, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1978	Shoreham Aircraft Museum	military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1979	Six Poor Travellers House	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Minster Gatehouse Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1981	Southend Central Museum	planetarium, local museum, natural history museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Barleylands Farm Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1984	Battlesbridge Motorcycle Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1987	Royal Engineers Museum	charitable organization, military museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Rose Street Cottage of Curiosities	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1989	Southend Pier Museum	local museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1995	Purfleet Heritage & Military Centre	military museum, heritage center	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Queenborough Guildhall Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1999	Sittingbourne Heritage Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2009	Bluetown Heritage Centre	museum, movie theater	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Kent Firefighting Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2015	Huguenot Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2021	RAF Hornchurch Heritage Centre	history museum	Wikidata
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8855		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8854		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8843		Commons
commons	image		Vines Church 8857		Commons
commons	image		CS RestorationHouseRochester SWDecliner		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter Sundial 8850		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8856		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8846		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter 8844		Commons
commons	image		Restoration House Winter Sundial 8852		Commons