The house sits in a prominent location, part way down a south-facing slope which provides excellent views of the grounds and the Weald beyond.

From the late 14th century, a house by the name of Capell's Court stood on the site of Linton Park.

Sir Horace had taken the name of the estate as his territorial designation when made a baronet in 1755, but was permanently resident in Florence.

After a visit to Edward Mann at Linton Park in 1757, Walpole wrote to Sir Horace in Florence that: "the house is fine and stands like the citadel of Kent; the whole county is its garden.

[2] Sir Horatio died in 1814 and the house was inherited by James Cornwallis, Bishop of Lichfield, who was the widowed husband of Mann's older sister, Catherine.

The house and its nearest surrounding land were sold to the Freemasons in 1974 and were briefly operated as a school before passing into corporate ownership by Camellia Group plc in 1985.

[9][10] Robert Mann's original 1730s house was a two-storey brick building seven bays wide with a break front.

The Cubitts' alterations included adding a third storey to the original house and building two-storey wings four bays wide on each side.

[11] Internally, a number of rooms feature period wall and ceiling decorations including the entrance hall, which dates from the original 1730s building and features moulded panelling and cornices, a marble fireplace and ornamental plaster ceiling and an arabesque frieze.

The stairwell is lit from above with a roof light and features a cantilevered stair with iron balusters from the 1825 adaptation with a later brass handrail.

Although now simplified without the intensive planting used in earlier centuries, elements remain of the formal gardens designed by John Claudius Loudon in 1825 that were previously arranged on the north, south-east, south and west sides of the house.

From the north end of the walk an avenue of giant sequoias planted in 1864 runs north-west towards the parish church of St Nicholas.

Close to the church, at the end of a paved walk is a small Gothic folly designed by Richard Bentley.

The north lodge, the steps to the south of the house, the sundial on the oval lawn and the folly are all listed Grade II.