Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Aylesford Tithe Map 1840 shows a large building on the site of Preston Hall. The position of the old mansion was just below the modern house, built in 1857, and was the home of a branch of the Colepepper family. A barn which had the letters TC on a window frame was still standing in 1901 but has since been dismantled.

Monument Types

• COUNTRY HOUSE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1267 AD to 1848 AD)

Full description

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[Name centred TQ 72825830] Preston Hall [GT] (Remains of) [TQ 72745830] Preston Hall [GT] (Site of) (1-2) The site of the old mansion of Preston Hall was just below the modern house and is partly coverd by an aviary. The old hall was the home of a branch of the Colepepers and there is still and old barn near the house with the letters TC on the window-frame. The modern house was built in 1857. (3) The siting given by Authority 2 falls upon ground occupied by a row of now-disused pigsties. A few yards to the North is the aviary, referred to by Authority 3 as being partly on the site. All fabric seen was of the 19c. and no trace of the old mansion was found. The barn, referred to by Authority 3, was not located, and must be presumed to have been dismantled. The Secretary of the Sanatorium, now housed within Preston Hall, while having knowledge of the inscription, could not say where the barn stood. (4) Aylesford Tithe Map 1840 shows a large building standing at the site shown by Authority 2. (5) Checked and correct. (6)

<1> OS 6" 1910 (OS Card Reference). SKE48325.

<2> OS 25" (OS Card Reference). SKE48250.

<3> A Saunter thro' Kent...Vol. 3 (1901),pp. 83 ff (C. Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32852.

<4> F1 ASP 20-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42208.

<5> Aylesford TM CTR 12B 1840 Records Office, Maidstone. (OS Card Reference). SKE37423.

<6> F2 ASP 21-MAY-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43144.

<7> F3 ASP 26-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43378.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 31 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3891.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 31 - May, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3892.

<10> Field report for monument TQ 75 NW 31 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3893.

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