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Penshurst Place is an historic building near Tonbridge in Kent , 32 miles (50 km) to the south east of London . It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and it and its gardens are open for public viewing. The ancient village of , Lord Warden Of The Cinque Ports , who possessed the manor towards the end of the 13th century. The present mansion was built in 's third son, John, Duke of Bedford, occupied Penshurst, the second hall, known as the Buckingham Building, was built. THE SIDNEY FAMILY It was enlarged after 1552 when King Edward VI granted the house to Sir William Sidney (1482–1554), who had been a courtier to the King’s father, Henry VIII. Sir William's son Henry (1529–1586) married Lady Mary Dudley, whose family became implicated in the Lady Jane Grey affair, although Henry himself escaped any such implications. During his lifetime he added apartments and the "King’s Tower" to Penshurst. He also created what is now one of England's oldest private gardens. Philip Sidney (1554–1586), Henry’s son, was born at Penshurst Place in 1554. He was buried in old St Paul's, in London, having died 25 days after a fatal wounding from a bullet in the thigh at the Battle Of Zutphen , but his tomb was destroyed in the great Fire Of London in 1666. Philip's brother in 1835; the present peer is now the second Viscount, and it is to him and his father that much of the modern restoration is due, in spite of the house having suffered neglect during WWI . Today the house and gardens are open to the public. PENSHURST PLACE It is possible to see in the house the evidence of occupation over its 670-year history:
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