It is located approximately one mile (1.6 km) south of Rolvenden, with a public house, the Ewe & Lamb.

Rolvenden village originally consisted of the Streyte, located along what is now the A28 Ashford to Hastings road, which was almost entirely burned down in 1665, during the Great Plague (except for the church, pub and some farms).

This caused the villagers to abandon the Streyte and move a mile down the hill to the common land of the Layne during the 1660s.

Rolvenden is approximately ten square miles in area, consisting largely of farming and rural activities.

After her departure in 1907 the mansion was rebuilt by Edwin Lutyens.