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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 SW 67 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | MAIN LODGE ENTRANCE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832. Main entrance to Knole Park comprising two early 19th century lodges connected by ornamental gates. The lodges are square in plan and of one storey.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 53408 54286 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55SW |
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| Parish: | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- LODGE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1336391: MAIN LODGE ENTRANCE |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
KNOLE PARK 1614 Main Lodge Entrance TQ 55 SW/4/85 13.4.51 II 2. Pair of early C19 1 storey lodges connected by ornamental centre cast iron gates. Each lodge consists of one small square building of 1 storey with 2 sash windows, flat projecting eaves and gutter with exposed joists under soffits and hipped Welsh slate roof with centre stacks. Coursed local stone with flint infilling to mortar joints, and ashlar dwellings. Windows set in recessed panels between 3 panelled divisions or pilasters. Listing NGR: TQ5438753827 (1)
Description from record TQ 55 SW 23 :
|(TQ 53415430) Lodges (NAT) (2) 1614 KNOLE PARK Main Lodge Entrance TQ 55 SW/4/85 13.4.51 II 2. Pair of early C19 1 storey lodges connected by ornamental centre cast iron gates. Each lodge consists of one small square building of 1 storey with 2 sash windows, flat projecting eaves and gutter with exposed joists under soffits and hipped Welsh slate roof with centre stacks. Coursed local stone with flint infilling to mortar joints, and ashlar dwellings. Windows set in recessed panels between 3 panelled divisions or pilasters. (3)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:10000 1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE48153.
<3> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks UD Kent Sept 1972 33 (OS Card Reference). SKE41043.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31649 Building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1969. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks UD Kent Sept 1972 33. |
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