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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 73 SE 75
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WATERMILL HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1467 to 1999

Summary from record TQ 73 SE 13 :

Late 15th century

Grid Reference:TQ 79799 30517
Map Sheet:TQ73SE
Parish:BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1467 AD to 1999 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1281500: WATERMILL HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BENENDEN TQ73SE MILL STREET 1350-0/2/67 (South East side) 09/06/52 Watermill House II* House. Late C15 Wealden hall-house restored in C20. Timber-framed building, close-studded with plaster infilling on mainly stone plinth but red brick to left hand side. 2 storeys 4 windows. The 1st floor of the end window bays oversails on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves between oversail on curved braces and a bracket. 2 storeys, 4 windows. C20 restored mullions including tall hall window. Southern ground floor window consists of 2 wide lights with four-centred heads. Original four-centred arched doorcase with quatrefoil carving to spandrels and plank door. South front also has jetty to 1st floor. Interior has dais beam, inserted C16 ceiling to former open hall and open fireplace with wooden bressumer. Octagonal crown post. (West Kent and the Weald: N. Pevsner B.o.E.: P. 148).
Listing NGR: TQ7980230515

Description from record TQ 73 SE 13 :
(TQ79803052) Watermill House. (1) House. Late 15th century Wealden hall-house restored in 20th century. Timber -framed building, close studded with plaster infilling on mainly stone plinth but red brick to left hand side. Listed Grade II*. [Full architectural description] (2) Restored with the hall opened out to the rafters and the crown posts showing. (3)


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

<1> OS 1: 2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48135.

<2> DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (36) (OS Card Reference). SKE40662.

<3> Newman, J 1980. The Buildings of England, West Kent and The Weald; Penguin (154) (OS Card Reference). SKE47562.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1: 2500.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (36).
<3>OS Card Reference: Newman, J 1980. The Buildings of England, West Kent and The Weald; Penguin (154).