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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 SW 119
Type of record:Monument
Name:Alms Houses (Site of), Lullingstone Castle

Summary

Three alms houses built by Sir John Peche and financed by money left in his will, under the supervisoin of the Grocers Company. They stood to the west of the church and were demolished in the 18th century when the main house was altered.


Grid Reference:TQ 52945 64466
Map Sheet:TQ56SW
Parish:EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • ALMSHOUSE (Demolished 18th century, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD? to 1740 AD? (at some time))

Full description

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Three alms houses built by Sir John Peche and financed by money left in his will, under the supervision of the Grocers Company. They stood to the west of the church and were demolished in the 18th century when the main house was altered.(1)


<1> Pittman, S., 1983, Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park (Monograph). SKE11893.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Monograph: Pittman, S.. 1983. Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park.

Related records

TQ 56 SW 155Part of: LULLINGSTONE CASTLE (Listed Building)