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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 45 SW 233
Type of record:Building
Name:Willard's Almshouses, New Street, Westerham

Summary

Willard's Almshouses, New Street, Westerham


Grid Reference:TQ 4434 5390
Map Sheet:TQ45SW
Parish:WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • (Former Type) ALMSHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1623 AD? to 1800 AD?)
  • ALMSHOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1850 AD? to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Willard's Almshouses on New Street, Westerham are shown on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Edition O/S maps but not the Tithe map. However, a plaque on the building states that they were built in 1623 by Arthur Willard and rebuilt in 1684 and again in 1970 - New Street did not exist until 1st Edition O/S map. The building is still in use.


Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1 (Map). SKE30964.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2 (Map). SKE30965.

Landmark, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952) (Map). SKE30967.

Landmark, 1907-1923, Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923) (Map). SKE30966.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 1st edition 1862-1875): Landmark Epoch 1.
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 2nd Edition, 1897-1900): Landmark Epoch 2.
---Map: Landmark. 1907-1923. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 3rd Edition, 1907-1923).
---Map: Landmark. Ordnance Survey 1:2,500 map (OS 4th Edition, 1929-1952).