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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 94 SE 11 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Homestead moat, Great Chilmington, Great Chart with Singleton, Ashford |
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Summary
A former manor house is located at Great Chilmington and this was surrounded by a homestead moat: the north west and south west arms of this remain water filled and in good condition. The current house is mainly 17th century in date.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9785 4021 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ94SE |
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| Parish: | GREAT CHART WITH SINGLETON, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: GREAT CHILMINGTON. Moated manor house. The northwest and south west arms are waterfilled, the northeast arm is partly destroyed and is visible as a depression. |
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Full description
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TQ 9786 4021: Great Chilmington was formerly surrounded by a homestead moat the NW and SW arms of which remain water filled and in good condition. Part of the NE arm survives as a depression with a drainage channel in the bottom but elsewhere it has been destroyed. The house is mainly 17th c. and later and of little architectural interest externally, but it incorporates some earlier work including a pointed doorway. Chilmington, or Chelmington, was a manor (a) (1). GP AO/13/122/5 Published 25" survey revised. (TQ 97854020) Moat (NR) (TQ 97864021) Great Chilmington (NAT) Not listed in the county checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (3) (4-5)
<1> Hist of Kent 7 (1798) pp 500-501 (E Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43994.
<2> F1 CFW 07-JAN-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42468.
<3> OS 1:10000 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48159.
<4> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE47246.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 11 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4783.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 7 (1798) pp 500-501 (E Hasted). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07-JAN-64. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1974. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979. |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 94 SE 11 - January, 1964. |
Related records
| TQ 94 SE 97 | Part of: GREAT CHILMINGTON FARMHOUSE (Listed Building) |
