An historic Tenterden house which once belonged to a wealthy but generous baroness has gone on sale with a £1.75m asking price.

Ingleden Park House in Swain Road is on the market with Strutt and Parker estate agents.

The property, which has almost 16 acres of land, is a grade II listed building with 16th century origins.

Ingleden Park was formally known as Knock.

It once belonged to the Morphett Family and the Norley Family and was also reputed to be the residence of Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts.

Baroness Burdett-Coutts was a 19th century philanthropist.

In 1837, she became one of the wealthiest women in England when she inherited a £1.8 million fortune from her grandfather Thomas Coutts, founder of the banking house of Coutts & Co.

She was known widely as "the richest heiress in England" and became a public curiosity, often receiving offers of marriage.

Baroness Burdett-Coutts spent much of her wealth on scholarships, endowments, and a range of philanthropic causes.

Along with author Charles Dickens, she co-founded a home for young women.

It was known as Urania Cottage and designed for girls who had "turned to a life of immorality", such as theft and prostitution.

The house today still has many classic features such as high ceilings, open fireplaces, oak floors and traditional cast iron radiators and is set within landscaped gardens, and also has woodland.

The house has seven bedrooms, four bathrooms and five reception rooms.

Accommodation is arranged over three floors with a split level first floor and integral annex.

There is also a heated outdoor swimming pool and an all-weather tennis court.

It features a long private driveway of over a quarter of a mile in length.