Summer visit to Riverhill House, Sevenoaks

On the 19th, June 1994 Society members were joined by our President thr first of this year's summer visits to Riverhill House, on the south side of Sevenoaks, by kind permission of Mrs Rogers. The Rogers family have lived in the early 18th. century house since 1840, moving from London to become Kentish country land-owners. The family's most illustrious ancestor was the first Protestant Marian martyr. Later members were Wiltshire woollen merchents with interests in the City. Outside the house, in the extensive grounds, an interesting historical and archaeological feature survives. This is the deepply sunken track of the ancient Rye Road : the present twisting descent of Riverhill was laid out as the route for the first turnpike road in Kent in 1710. The visit concluded with an excellent tea in the old stable block.