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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 73 SE 17 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Diprose Farmhouse, Benenden |
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Summary
Diprose Farmhouse was identifed as medieval during a survey of the medieval houses of Kent. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps of c.1858-1940. No further information was available due to a previously incomplete record entry.
Grid Reference: | TQ 7889 3169 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ73SE |
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Parish: | BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1440 AD? to 2050 AD?)
Full description
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Diprose Farmhouse was identifed as medieval during a survey of the medieval houses of Kent. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey historic maps of c.1858-1940. No further information was available due to a previously incomplete record entry.
Partial remains of an end jetty house with a formerly open hall. One bay of the hall survives with an open truss and smoke blackened roof. One end bay also survives which was formerly jettied to the end. There was extensive rebuilding in the 16th and 17th centuries. (1)
Historic England archive material: BF040451 DIPROSE FARMHOUSE, BENENDEN File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/055 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Diprose Farmhouse, Benenden
<1> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |