The name is recorded as Briestede in 1086, one of only two large manors in the hundred of Westerham described in the Domesday Book,[3] and as Bradestede around 1100; it is from Old English brād + stede and means "broad place".

John Turton (1735–1806), famed physician to King George III, was the first owner of Brasted Place, one of only two houses in Kent that were designed by neoclassical architect Robert Adam.

[6][7] In the 19th century, Napoleon III lived for a time at Brasted Place[6] and it was also the childhood home of garden designer Henry Avray Tipping.

In the early 21st century, architect and restorationist Michael Wilson crafted a seven apartment interior for Brasted Place, now within an eight-acre park.

The Oast Houses are unique in that the cowls are octagonal, in comparison to the usual conical shape found in both Kent and Sussex.