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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1975

Summary from record TQ 54 SW 81:

Late Med building extended after 1840 GII Listed

Monument Types

• HALL HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 2050 AD)
• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 1975 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LEIGH LIEIGH 1, 5280 Ensfield Road (West Side off) Killick's Bank TQ 54 SW 54/660 II 2. late mediaeval hall house with alterations. 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows, very irregular. Very high pitched hipped tiled roof with ridge gablets and later compound stack. Gabled right end implies demolition of one bay. Visible timber framing with plaster filling. Modernised gabled front projection, with Cl7 timber work inside, partly half-timbered, partly brick. Small modern leaded casements. Rear elevation of tile hanging and brick. Inside much exposed timber, including plank and muntin dais panelling with embattled beam over; and square crown post in attic.
Listing NGR: TQ5445246130

Description from record TQ 54 SW 81:
Late med hall house with alterations. Two storeys and attic, four windows, very irregular. Very high pitched hipped tiled roof with ridge gablets and later compound stack. Gabled right end implies demolition of one bay. Visible timber framing with plaster filling. Modernised gabled front projection, with C17 timber work inside, partly half-timbered, partly brick. Small modern leaded casements. Rear elevation of tile hanging and brick. Inside much exposed timber, including plank and muntin dais panelling with embattled beam over; and square crown post in attic. Lying within the pasture field to the east are rectangular earthworks which are the remains of barns and small paddocks of the farmstead. (TQ 54 SW 42).(1)

Additional Info (2)

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

<1> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.

<2> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.

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