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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 SW 193
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:CASTLE FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1699


Grid Reference:TQ 5256 6355
Map Sheet:TQ56SW
Parish:SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1699 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1272733: CASTLE FARMHOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 SHOREHAM CASTLE FARM ROAD
Castle Farmhouse TQ 56 SW 38/1150 10.9.54.
II GV
2. House of 3 builds, with no great length of time between them. Left gabled section C16, right gabled section circa 1600 and link between possibly C17. 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows, irregular. Fairly high pitched tiled roofs with small dormers. Right gabled section, of better quality than the rest, oversailing on 1st floor with exposed framing, plaster filling and moulded soffit. Rest of 1st floor tile hung. Ground floor plastered and+painted to imitate vertical timbering. Some exposed timber inside. Queen post roof trusses and wind braces to purlins. Various C19 casements and sash windows; and late C18 panelled door with bracketed hood over.
Castle Farmhouse, the Wall to East, the Garden Boundary Wall and the Cottage to West form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5254063576


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

Sources and further reading

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---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.