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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Moated manor house, 16th century or earlier, used as a royal manor until 1518. The present building is much restored. Three arms of the moat survive with the fourth arm marked by a pond. The moat is crossed by a 19th century bridge. Main construction periods 1450 to 1975

Monument Types

• FISHPOND (FISHPOND, Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD? to 2050 AD)
• MANOR HOUSE (MANOR HOUSE, Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 2050 AD)
• MOAT (MOAT, Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD? to 2050 AD)
• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 1975 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 SUNDRIDGE IDE HILL
Henden Manor House (Formerly listed as Henden, near Ide Hill) TQ 45 SE 45/1323 10.9.54.
II
2. C16 or earlier moated farmhouse, much restored. Main garden front of 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. High pitched tiled roof with plastered, coved eaves soffit. 2 modern gabled dormers. Restored exposed timber framing?with plaster filling. Modern leaded casements of many lights. Entrance front shows C19 gable ended right wing part brick, part tile hung; and modern extension, containing entrance in angle. Inside, exposed beams and late C16 wainscoting in 2 rooms. That above dining room inglenook has panels carved with initials and date 1577. 2 Tudor type stone fireplaces, the small upstairs one with carved spandrels. Listing NGR: TQ4825950280 (1)

Description from record TQ 45 SE 10 :
[TQ 48255045] Hendon Manor [NAT] Moat [NAT] (2) Hendon, formerly called Hethenden, was a Royal Manor until 1518. The farmhouse is of Tudor date, with extensive later additions, and restoration. Three sides of the moat survive; the S.E. is water-filled and the N.W. and N.E. are dry; the coarse of the fourth side, on the S.W. is marked by a ditch of the ornamental pond. Beyond the N.W. arm are two well preserved rectangular fishponds, one dry, the other marshy. Published 1/2500 survey revised (3) TQ 483504. Hendon Manor, Ide Hill, Sundridge. Listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (4) (TQ 48265045) Hendon Manor (NAT) Moat (NR) (5) 1. 5280 SUNDRIDGE IDE HILL Hendon Manor House (Formerly listed as Hendon, near Ide Hill) TQ 45 SE 45/1323 10.9.54. II 2. C16 or earlier moated farmhouse, much restored. Main garden front of 2 storeys and attic, 3 windows. High pitched tiled roof with plastered, covered eaves soffit. 2 modern gabled dormers. Restored exposed timber framing with plaster filling. Modern leaded casements of many lights. Entrance front shows C19 gable ended right wing part brick, part tile hung; and modern extension, containing entrance in angle. Inside, exposed beams and late C16 wainscoting in 2 rooms. That above dining room inglenook has panels carved with initials and date 1577. 2 Tudor type stone fireplaces, the small upstairs one with carved spandrels. 5280 SUNDRIDGE IDE HILL Bridge over Moat to South of Hendon Manor House TQ 45 SE 45/1324 II 2. Probably largely C19. Random rubble stonework with 2 small arches and low, cemented outwaters between. Parapet of flint and red brick. (6-9)

Kent Archaeological Society, 1977, Archaeologia Cantiana (Article in serial). SKE53673.

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

<2> OS 25" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48262.

<3> MLWG (2360/11/A April 1949 126) (OS Card Reference). SKE47228.

<4> Hist of Kent 3 1797 133 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43968.

<5> F1 ASP 28-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42331.

<6> Moated Sites Res Gp Rep No 6 1979 48 (OS Card Reference). SKE47274.

<7> OS 6" 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48377.

<8> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD Kent 1975 314 (OS Card Reference). SKE41025.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 45 SE 10 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2686.

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