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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 95 NW 89
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:MILSTEAD MANOR

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1799. Milstead Manor House (16/18th c)


Grid Reference:TQ 9041 5872
Map Sheet:TQ95NW
Parish:MILSTEAD, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1343916: MILSTEAD MANOR

Full description

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Description from record TQ 95 NW 11:
[TQ 9041 5873] Milstead Manor [NAT] (1) Milstead Manor House, Grade II*, Manor Road (south side). 16th to 18th century. (For full description see list.) (2) Milstead Manor, very large, close-studded and with a continuous overhang. U-shaped plan. The north front is symmetrical, but the regularity is upset by two afterthoughts, the clock turret and partial refacing in brick in the 17th century. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 95 NW MILSTEAD MANOR ROAD (south side)
4/116 Milstead Manor 27.8.52 GV II*
Manor house. C16 to C18. Timber framed and close-studded on flint plinth, the central portion underbuilt with red brick, the left end bay entirely faced with red brick in header bond; plain tiled roof. Two storeys, with gables at ends to left and right, that to right jettied that to left underbuilt with brick, and central 2 storey brick and timber framed gabled porch, all with moulded bargeboards and pendants. Stack to left, and clock turret to right with ogee-cap. Irregular fenestration of segmental oriels on brackets on first floor in left and right gables with wood case- ments in central porch, and blocked mullion window to right. Segmental bay window to end left, and 3 wood casements on ground floor. Plank and stud door in moulded surround in porch, with chamfered round-headed brick outer doorway. Right return front continous jettied. Three timber- framed return wings to rear. Interior: now with (incorrect) open hall. C17 panelling in Dining Room, and 2-stage wood panelled fire surround with baluster-columns with bead ornament.
Listing NGR: TQ9040458728 (4)


<1> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.

<2> DOE(HHR) Kent Boro of Swale 21-Mar-1985 44 (OS Card Reference). SKE41174.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 388 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37811.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1971.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Kent Boro of Swale 21-Mar-1985 44.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 388 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34039 Listed building, ]