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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 54 SW 98
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:SPRINGHILL

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1632

Grid Reference:TQ 52279 40916
Map Sheet:TQ54SW
Parish:PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1243121: SPRINGHILL

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST FORDCOMBE
Springhill (Formerly listed as Fordcombe Manor House) TQ 5240 24/882 10.9.54.
II* GV
2. Restored farmhouse. C16 framed structure with early C17 additional gabled wing to right hand side. Front elevation (right hand side). 3 storeys. Deep stone plinth. Ground floor: flat brick octagon bay with wooden mullions and transoms. Small windows either side. First floor: (oversailing). Projecting bay window with restored mullions and transoms supported on carved wooden brackets. Small windows either side. Attic Storey (oversailing). Supported on carved wooden brackets. (Moulded tie beam with W A L 1622). Ornamental carved bargeboards with centre carved wooden pendant at top. Centre attic window. The whole gable end elevation is plastered. Front Elevation (left hand side). Ground floor stone with tile hanging above. Recessed front door with original panelled inner door (up 12 stone steps). Period diamond paned windows throughout. Tiled roof hipped at left, 3 steps up to stone terrace in front. Springhill and 2 barns to North and West form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5215540766 (10

Description from record TQ 54 SW 11 :
(TQ 52284092) Springhill (NAT) (2) 5280 PENSHURST FORDCOMBE Springhill (Formerly listed as Fordcombe Manor House) TQ 5240 24/882 10.9.54. II* GV 2. Restored farmhouse. C16 framed stucture with early C17 additional gabled wing to right hand side. Front elevation (right hand side). 3 storeys. Deep stone plinth. Ground floor: flat brick octagon bay with wooden mullions and transoms. Small windows either side. First floor: (oversailing). Projecting bay window with restored mullions and transoms supported on carved wooden brackets. Small windows either side. Attic Storey: (oversailing). Supported on carved wooden brackets. (Moulded tie beam with W m L 1622). Ornamental carved bargeboards with centre carved wooden pendant at top. Centre attic window. The whole gable and elevation is plastered. Front Elevation (left hand side). Ground floor stone with tile hanging above. Recessed front door with original panelled inner door (up 12 stone steps). Period diamond paned windows throughout. Tiled roof hipped at left. 3 steps up to stone terrace in front. (3) Springhill. To the left, a two-storey range, wholly tile hung on a sandstone basement but timber-framed underneath. To the right, deliberately rising much higher, a gabled bay, projecting forward twice. Under each projection an oriel on carved brackets, one plus five plus one lights with a transom. On the upper one the date 1622. The bargeboard carved but not shaped. This is the sort of thing that inspired Norman Shaw's early style. (4)


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

<2> OS 1:2500 1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE48211.

<3> DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 212 (OS Card Reference). SKE41348.

<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 288 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37987.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30716 building, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1969.
<3>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 212.
<4>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 288 (J Newman).