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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NW 187 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | PLYMOUTH LODGE, ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND SCREEN WALLS |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832 Plymouth lodge entrance, gateway and walls to Knole (19th c) comprise a pair of battlemented lodges connected in the centre by ornamental gates
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53464 55242 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NW |
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| Parish: | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATEHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1204408: PLYMOUTH LODGE, ENTRANCE GATEWAY AND SCREEN WALLS |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
KNOLE PARK 1. 1614 Plymouth Lodge Entrance, gateway and screen walls TQ 5355/2/84 13.4.51 II 2.
Pair of early C19 battlemented lodges connected in centre by ornamental gates. Each lodge consists of one small square building of 1 storey with 1 mullioned Gothic lattice casement, battlemented parapet and concealed slate roof. Moulded string course below parapet. Built of random stone with ashlar dressings. Square stone gate-piers connected to lodges by short screen walls. Gate-piers surmounted by carved stone rampart Unicorns supporting shields.
Listing NGR: TQ5346455243 (1)
Description from record TQ 55 NW 77 :
Pair of early 19th century battlemented lodges connected in centre by ornamental gates. Stone garden wall, undated. (For further details see list.) (Sited to TQ 5345 5525.) (2-3)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> J Bamforth, Sevenoaks Dist Council, 24.10.88 (OS Card Reference). SKE44791.
<3> DOE(HHR) Sevenoaks UD 1972 32 33 (OS Card Reference). SKE41178.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30249 building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: J Bamforth, Sevenoaks Dist Council, 24.10.88. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Sevenoaks UD 1972 32 33. |
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