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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 66 NE 132 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THE DAIRY, COBHAM HALL |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Built in the mid 1790s.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6833 6861 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ66NE |
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| Parish: | COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1795 AD? to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1350898: THE DAIRY, COBHAM HALL |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 NE COBHAM
5/34
22.6.82 The Dairy,
Cobham Hall
II*
Circa 1790. Small Gothick structure by James Wyatt and now in a dilapidated condition. Brick clad in stucco and Penrhyn slates - one of the few remaining examples to show Wyatt's patent slating method. Two storey structure, set within a vaulted, single storey cloister on 3 sides, the cloister comprising pointed arches with plaster vaulting and with a solid walled portion at each end with pyramidal roof and pointed windows. The room inside the cloister was of the height of 2 storeys and was lit by 3 clerestorey windows on the north and south sides.
Listing NGR: TQ6797468916
(1)
Built in the mid 1790s as part of the 4th Earl of Darnley's modernisation of the estate. The dairy was removed from the house but remained visible and was clearly intended to be seen and visited. Account records document the payment for painting the window glass of the dairy. The dairy fell into disuse around 1900.
A cowshed was built adjacent to the dairy in 1798 for milking purposes. (2)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> English Heritage, 2002, Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds (Unpublished document). SKE17515.
<3> Pucell, 2017, Cobham Dairy, The Landmark Trust, Heritage statement incorporating design and access statement (Unpublished document). SKE53007.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2002. Historical Account, Cobham Hall Estate, Part 2: The Gardens and Inner Grounds. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Pucell. 2017. Cobham Dairy, The Landmark Trust, Heritage statement incorporating design and access statement. |
