going local: visiting hidden old soar manor in sevenoaks

A road less travelled, aka the back road lead us to a little National Trust property called Old Soar Manor in Plaxtol, Kent (UK). There isn’t that much to see in terms of size – just a few rooms and no gardens at all, but there is more historic value than anything else. This fortified manor house is over 700 years old and was established as a knight’s dwelling around 1290 – so much history hidden away there!

Oddly enough (to me at least) this house is attached to another house which is in normal use. Sometimes its hard to comprehend how these places have been constructed over time together even thought there at least hasn’t been a lack of space out in the open. Old Soar Manor ia free to enter and a perfetc pit-stop: it won’t take long to discover, but dark interiors and uneven surfaces and low ceilings makes it a lot of fun for the children also. And there is always the 50 things to do -booklet activities to try to such as jumping in leaves and throwing them around…