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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 SW 169 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | GATEHOUSE AND GATEWAY LEADING TO PENSHURST PLACE AND ALSO TO WELL PLACE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1899
Summary from record TQ 54 SW 35 :
Mid 19th century lodge in Gothic style
| Grid Reference: | TQ 52808 43817 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54SW |
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| Parish: | PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (GATE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GATE LODGE (GATE LODGE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1833 AD to 1899 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1272994: GATEHOUSE AND GATEWAY LEADING TO PENSHURST PLACE AND ALSO TO WELL PLACE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST
Gatehouse and Gateway leading to Penshurst Place and also to Well Place TQ 5243 23/792 10.9.54.
II
2. Mid-late C19 lodge of 2 storeys, one window. High pitched tiled roof has chimney with diagonal brick shafts. Red brick walls with stone dressings. At left screen wall with gable above Tudor arched gateway. Small entrance between. Cast iron gates. Probably by George Devey.
Listing NGR: TQ5280843817
Description from record TQ 54 SW 35 :
Penshurst Gatehouse and Gateway leading to Penshurst Place and also to Well Place [Building shown at TQ 52814381 on O.S. 1: 10 000 1971] 10.9.54 Listed Grade II Mid-late C19 lodge of 2 storeys, one window. Tudor arched gateway. Probably by George Devey. [Architectural description]. (1) Lodge, by the roadf to the North West. Dated 1840. Gothic. No doubt by J B Rebecca. Walls of Penshurst Place East of Penshurst Cottages, continue at right angles via a Tudor-style Gateway and Lodge by Devey but incorporating old work and a datestone of 1662. (2-3)
Additional Info (4)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD 1975 218-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE40329.
<2> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & The Weald 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE37840.
<3> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.
<4> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD 1975 218-220. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & The Weald 1980. |
| <3> | Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge. |
| <4> | Unpublished document: Cluttons. 1994. Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan. |
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