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Monument details

HER Number:TR 05 SE 210
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:THOMPSONS HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899 Originally a medieval open hall, with Vergers Lodge, (HOB UID 503782), a late C15 or very early C16 upper-end crosswing of the same dwelling


Grid Reference:TR 06765 53610
Map Sheet:TR05SE
Parish:CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1467 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1071254: THOMPSONS HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0653-0753 CHILHAM TAYLORS HILL (north side)
7/2 Thompsons House
GV II
House. C18. Red brick; plain tile roof. 1½ storeys, with 2 gabled and bargeboarded dormers breaking eaves; large central stack. 2 windows, C20 wooden casements in segment headed openings. Central door, C19, 6 fielded panels with flat hood on brackets. Later C19 red brick and plain tile roof extension of 2 storeys to left of no special interest. Included for group value only.
Listing NGR: TR0676653614

Description from record TR 05 SE 62:
Originally a medieval open hall, with Vergers Lodge, (HOB UID 503782), a late C15 or very early C16 upper-end crosswing of the same dwelling

Historic England archive material: BF008864 VERGERS LODGE, CHILHAM 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. RCH01/048/01/206 Labelled sheet of drawings of the Verger's Lodge and Thompson's House, Chilham, with a sketch plan of the ground-floor, a crown-post elevation, and detail sections of the main ceiling beam and the main post


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> 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>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

Related records

TR 05 SE 219Parent of: VERGERS LODGE (Listed Building)