You will catch glimpses of a water tower that was converted into a house as a project featured on an episode of the Grand Designs television series.
The Hall was once the home of author Frances Hodgson Burnett. The gardens are said to have been the inspiration for her book The Secret Garden.
The C M Booth Motor Museum is tucked away behind an antique shop in the High Street, boasting a unique collection of Morgan 3 three-wheel cars. The Star Inn in the village is a Grade II listed building and was formerly the village poor house.
The post mill visible on this
walk may be the oldest windmill in Kent of which
anything remains, perhaps the original mill that was
shown standing here on a map of 1596. It was a
corn mill, last used around 1883 to 1885 and virtually
derelict by the end of World War I when parts were
burned for firewood by troop stationed in the area.
It was restored in 1956, paid for by a Mr & Mrs Barham
in memory of their son who was killed in a road
accident.
T-shaped restored C16 or earlier timber framed building with plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick.
Rolvenden is served by the 297 bus from Tunbridge Wells to Tenterden which runs every couple of hours except on Sundays when there is no service.
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