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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 72 NE 124 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | ALDERDEN MANOR |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1999
Summary from record TQ 72 NE 21 :
Alderden manor: listed building
| Grid Reference: | TQ 79615 29154 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ72NE |
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| Parish: | SANDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 1999 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SANDHURST TQ72NE SPONDEN ROAD 1350-0/5/249 (East side) 09/06/52 Alderden Manor II* House. C16 or earlier timber framed building, extended and restored in C20. Left hand part close-studded, right hand part box-framed. 2 storeys; 5 windows. Hipped tiled roof with 1 clustered brick chimneystack, the base late C16, the top restored, and C16 external brick chimneystack with tumbling in and 2 flues set diagonally to left. 2 hipped dormers. Casements with wooden mullions and transoms and diamond-shaped leaded panes. 2 windows to each floor have 2 tiers of 4 lights, the east one on both floors flanked by small windows, the ground floor one a 6-light oriel. C20 4-centred arched doorcase with rose and pomegranate in spandrels. Side elevation has C20 doorcase in similar style with wheels in spandrels and high stops. Rear elevation has brick ground floor and is tile hung above. Attached to rear is a timber framed building with plaster infill said to be a resited C15 barn. Lounge has early C17 panelling and very fine Jacobean overmantel with pilasters and angels.
Listing NGR: TQ7961529154
Description from record TQ 72 NE 21 :
(TQ79602916) Alderden Manor [NAT] (1) House. 16th century or earlier timber framed building, extended and restored in 20th century. Left hand part close-studded, right hand part box-framed. 2 storeys; 5 windows. Listed Grade II*. [Full architectural description] (2)
<1> OS 1: 2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48135.
<2> DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (130) (OS Card Reference). SKE40657.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1: 2500. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (130). |
