Historic house · near Maidstone · Kent

Stoneacre

Stoneacre is a historic house. Visitors find it 100 m southeast of Maidstone. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Photo: Stoneacre, Tilman2007 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

100 m

southeast of Maidstone

Run by

National Trust

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Historic house near Maidstone

Just outside Maidstone

Stoneacre is 100 m southeast of Maidstone. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by the National Trust

One of the places the National Trust looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Maidstone has 374 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather by the month

May to September are the warmest in Maidstone, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 2°69 mm

Feb8° / 2°54 mm

Mar11° / 3°45 mm

Apr14° / 5°47 mm

May17° / 8°50 mm

Jun20° / 10°48 mm

Jul23° / 13°45 mm

Aug23° / 12°61 mm

Sep20° / 10°56 mm

Oct15° / 7°83 mm

Nov11° / 4°82 mm

Dec8° / 2°77 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Maidstone, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Maidstone. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Maidstone’s full climate →

About

Stoneacre

Upkeep is seen to by the National Trust. Articles on it exist in 2 languages. Our list has 32 more places within 15 km; first among them is Leeds Castle, at 3.7 km.

Maidstone’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Historic house
Run by: National Trust
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 100 m southeast of Maidstone
Official site: nationaltrust.org.uk/stoneacre

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Stoneacre on the map

Orange is Stoneacre; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Towns near Stoneacre

The biggest base of the 8 is Maidstone (109,503 people). Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · 100 m northwest of it

Maidstone

109,503 people · 20 places to visit

2 · 1.1 km north of it

Bearsted

8,349 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km southeast of it

Langley Heath

995 people · 5 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km south of it

Chart Sutton

481 people · 5 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Stoneacre is	People	Places to visit
Maidstone	100 m northwest of it	109,503	20
Bearsted	1.1 km north of it	8,349	12
Langley Heath	1.9 km southeast of it	995	5
Chart Sutton	2.7 km south of it	481	5
Sutton Valence	2.7 km south of it	1,457	5
Coxheath	3 km southwest of it	8,453	7
Kingswood	3.2 km southeast of it	1,371	5
Chartway Street	3.8 km southeast of it	383	5

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Nearby, 32 places within 15 km include 6 castles, a museum and a fort.

CastleLeeds Castle3.7 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageSutton Valence Castle4.6 km away 3

CastleAllington Castle6.5 km away 4

CastleThurnham Castle4.7 km away 5

CastleMereworth Castle13 km away 6

MuseumMedway megaliths9 km away 7

Fort · English HeritageSt Leonards Tower13 km away 8

CastleLeybourne Castle12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Stoneacre

Where is Stoneacre?

Stoneacre is 100 m southeast of Maidstone, Kent.

What is Stoneacre?

Historic house in Kent, England, UK.

Who runs Stoneacre?

National Trust, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Stoneacre?

May to September are the warmest months in Maidstone, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Stoneacre a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Stoneacre?

Within 15 km: Leeds Castle (3.7 km), Sutton Valence Castle (4.6 km), Allington Castle (6.5 km) and Thurnham Castle (4.7 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Stoneacre: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leeds Castle: Misterzee, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sutton Valence Castle: Ukiws, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Allington Castle: Prioryman, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Thurnham Castle: Mertbiol, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
Mereworth Castle: Antonio Visentini / Francesco Zuccarelli, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Medway megaliths: Midnightblueowl at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Leonards Tower: Simon Burchell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Leybourne Castle: Glen, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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