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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 SW 138
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:GARDENER'S COTTAGE AND WALLS, KITCHEN GARDEN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. 18th c gardeners cottage and walls, kitchen garden


Grid Reference:TQ 5440 5380
Map Sheet:TQ55SW
Parish:SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • GARDEN (GARDEN, Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
  • WALL (WALL, Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1085990: GARDENER'S COTTAGE AND WALLS, KITCHEN GARDEN

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
KNOLE PARK 1. 1614 Gardener's Cottage and Walls, Kitchen Garden TQ 55 SW/4/88 II 2. C18 century, 2 storeys. 3-window facade. Ground floor of course local stone with flint infilling. Red brick quoins and dressings. Centre panelled. double doors with top lights under flat segmental brick arch. Lattice casement on either side of door with flat segmental brick arches over. First floor stucco with incised lines in imitation of stone courses. Band of lead flashing between stonework on ground floor and stucco above. 3 lattice casements on first floor. Projecting eaves and gutter. Half-hipped ridge tile roof with centre brick stack. Lean-to additions to right and left. Large walled kitchen gardens to rear of house. Listing NGR: TQ5438753827 (1)

Description from record TQ 55 SW 24 :
Gardener's Cottage and walls, kitchen garden, Knole Park. 18th century, 2 storeys. Large walled kitchen gardens to rear of house. (For full description see list.) (2) [TQ 5440 5378 - sited from information provided by Sevenoaks District Council] 18th century Gardener's Cottage and walls, Kitchen Garden. (3)


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

<2> DOE(HHR) Urb Dist of Sevenoaks 1972 34 (OS Card Reference). SKE41221.

<3> N Brown Sevenoaks Dist Coun 26.10.88 (OS Card Reference). SKE47499.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Urb Dist of Sevenoaks 1972 34.
<3>OS Card Reference: N Brown Sevenoaks Dist Coun 26.10.88.

Related records

TQ 55 SW 119Part of: KNOLE HOUSE (Listed Building)