Stone Lion, Preston Hall, Aylesford

Preston Hall is a Jacobean style victorian mansion just a few hundred yards from where I live. It has a history going back even further and once had extensive grounds and parkland. Later after various parts of the land were sold off it became an NHS administrative centre and had a small hospital in the grounds. In the last few years the hospital was demolished, the land sold for housing development and the hall itself turned into "luxury" apartments. 
My image is of one of two stone lions which sits outside the main entrance (you can just see the housing development in the background). A few years ago both stone lions were stolen but eventually found undamaged in a lockup garage in our nearest town, Maidstone. As you can see they have now been returned to their rightful place.