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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 83 SE 194
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:PITTLESDEN GATEHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1399

Summary from record TQ 83 SE 26:

A four-bay medieval hall, very heavily modernised. Reputedly a gatehouse of the old manor house but there is no documentary evidence to prove this


Grid Reference:TQ 88234 33170
Map Sheet:TQ83SE
Parish:TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval - 1300 AD to 1399 AD)
  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1070336: PITTLESDEN GATEHOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 HIGH STREET (South Side)
No 91 (Pittlesden Gatehouse) TQ 8833 1/20 8.4.70.
II GV
2. Thought to be the only remaining gatehouse of 3 belonging to a demolished C14 mansion. A timber-framed cottage with plaster infilling, the west end over-hanging on the protruding ends of the floor joists and curved brackets. 2 storeys. Half hipped roof. 2 casement windows. The interior preserves its divisions of solar, hall and service.
Nos 79 to 117 (odd) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ8823433169

Description from record TQ 83 SE 26:
A four-bay medieval hall, very heavily modernised. Reputedly a gatehouse of the old manor house but there is no documentary evidence to prove this


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.