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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 73 SE 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Moat, near Crit Hall, Benenden |
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Summary
The Moat is the site of a 15th century moated house. The building is timber framed and seen as a typical example of a Kentish Yeoman's house, but is of no particular architectural interest. The homestead moat has now been drained and remodelled into ornamental gardens. Little trace of it is now thought to be apparent at the site.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7889 3348 |
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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 - 1400 AD? to 2007 AD?)
- MOAT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1400 AD? to 1900 AD?)
- ORNAMENTAL GARDEN (Modern - 1950 AD? to 2007 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 78903348] Moat Farm [TI] (1). The Moat [TI] (2) [TQ 78893351] Moat [TI] (1) (1-2) The Moat, Benenden, is a 15th c timber framed building with plaster infilling. (3) "The Moat" is a typical example of a Kentish yeoman's house, but is of no particular architectural interest. The homestead moat, formerly extant W and N of the house, was drained about 10 years ago and remodelled into ornamental gardens, losing all trace of its former character. Elsewhere no trace of the moat is now visible. Published survey (25" 19?) revised. (4)
HE archive material: RCH01/048/01/054 Labelled sheet of drawings of The Moats, Benenden, showing a plan of the ground-floor, detail sections of a beam and cross-rail, and a crown-post elevation
<1> OS 25" 1898 (OS Card Reference). SKE48255.
<2> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<3> MHLG Prov List Cranbrook RD Nov 1960 7 11/46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47149.
<4> F1 ASP 19-OCT-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42191.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 73 SE 2 - October, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3713.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1898. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: MHLG Prov List Cranbrook RD Nov 1960 7 11/46. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 19-OCT-62. |
| <5>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 73 SE 2 - October, 1962. [Mapped feature: #18311 Moated site, ] |
