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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 57 SW 1066
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:THE COACH AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1599

Summary from record TQ 57 SW 209:

Medieval and post-medieval pub

Grid Reference:TQ 5407 7408
Map Sheet:TQ57SW
Parish:DARTFORD, DARTFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • PUBLIC HOUSE (PUBLIC HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1400 AD to 1599 AD)
  • PUBLIC HOUSE (PUBLIC HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1116040: THE COACH AND HORSES PUBLIC HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. SPITAL STREET 5271 (North Side) The Coach and Horses Public House TQ 5474 2/18
II
2. A C15 to C16 timber-framed building of 2 storeys and attics. The upper part of the street front has been tile hung and the ground floor has been restored in Regency style. Tiled roof with 2 dormers. The building contains some exposed stop moulded ceiling beams and a good staircase of early C18 or late C17 date with turned balusters.
Listing NGR: TQ5407774085 (1)

Archaeological building recording and photographic record were carried out during refurbishment of the inn.(2)

Description from record TQ 57 SW 209:
The building is Grade II Listed. Extensive, well documented C20 alterations but front range, west wing and star turret survive prob from C17. Front Wing may be earlier. (1)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<1> Untitled Source, OAU 1998 (Unpublished document). SKE6451.

<2> Oxford Archaeological Unit, 1998, The Coach & Horses, Dartford: building recording and photographic record during refurbishment. (Unpublished document). SWX6928.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>Unpublished document: OAU 1998.
<2>Unpublished document: Oxford Archaeological Unit. 1998. The Coach & Horses, Dartford: building recording and photographic record during refurbishment..