for some 350 years. In 1778 Edward Hussey bought the estate and his grandson, also Edward, built the 'new' Castle to the designs of Anthony Salvin, from sandstone quarried from the slope below. The hollow created was developed into a Quarry Garden and contains a 100-million-year-old impression of a dinosaur's footprint. On Christopher Hussey's death in 1970 the estate was left to the National Trust. Several apartments in the castle and on the estate were let out by the Trust, with tenants including Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher who rented the Belfry flat for a time during the 1970s and 1980s, when it served as a weekend escape for her from Westminster life. When her husband Denis Thatcher was made a baronet in 1990, his new title was gazetted with the territorial designation of Scotney in the County of Kent. The castle grounds have played host to Shakespeare productions, notably A Midsummer Night's Dream, with the actors appearing from behind the bushes on cue. Old Scotney Castle was used as the location for the video to the Squeeze song Some Fantastic Place. See also Castles in Great Britain and Ireland List of castles in England References External links Scotney Castle information at the National Trust A comprehensive history of Scotney Castle Scotney Castle QuickTime VR Country houses in Kent Gardens in Kent National Trust properties in Kent Historic house museums in Kent Buildings and structures in the Borough of Tunbridge Wells Anthony Salvin buildings Grade I listed buildings in Kent Anthony Salvin Grade I listed parks and gardens in Kent Prime ministerial homes in the United Kingdom