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Monument details

Summary

Former Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1976.

Delisted in May 2016 following a fire.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD? to 1866 AD?)
• SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 1976 AD)
• PUBLIC HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1866 AD? to 2014 AD (at some time))

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5344 NEW STREET (South-West Side) No 111 The Prince of Orange Public House TR 04 SW 3/85
II
2. Early C19. 2 storeys stuccoed. Tiled roof with eaves cornice. 5 sashes and one blocked window space with glazing bars missing. Good doorcase with Doric columns, pediment and semi-circular fanlight. The right hand side has a modern bar extension. The rear elevation has 1 1/2 hipped gables and 1 plain gable and a round-headed doorcase.
Listing NGR: TR0058143041 (1)(2)


Public house. C17 in origin. Originally at least two dwellings, one of which was a beerhouse by 1866.
Consolidated as a single building by 1969 and known as The Prince of Orange. Merged with the adjoining pub, the Prince Albert, in 1999-2002.
MATERIALS: stuccoed brick. Clay tile roofs.
PLAN: L-plan principal ranges of two-storeys along New Street and Barrow Hill (plus attic) with a secondary two-storey range and, largely C20, single-storey infill connecting to the adjoining Prince Albert.


The Prince of Orange was delisted in May 2016 following a fire.
Taken from the delisting report:
"After examining all the records and other relevant information and having carefully considered the architectural and historic interest of this case, the criteria for listing are no longer fulfilled. It is recommendedthat the Prince of Orange, 111 New Street, Ashford is removed from the List.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION DECISION

The Prince of Orange, 111 New Street, Ashford, a public house with late-C17 origins, much altered and badly damaged by fire, is recommended for removal from the List for the following principal reasons:
* Loss of fabric: following a fire in 2014 and subsequent vandalism, the building has lost many of its significant elements, including part of the roof structure, the southern part of the central ranges, window joinery and the C18 Tuscan doorcase and fanlight, to the detriment of its architectural and historic integrity;
* Plan: the ground floor has lost its historic divisions due to modernisation so that the plan form is no longer recognisable;
* Internal survival: other than some ground-floor ceiling beams and partial remains of one C19 brick fireplace in the earliest part of the building, the building does not retain any historic fabric or pub fittings of special interest;
* Degree of alteration: modern single storey additions to the rear and the incorporation of the adjoining Prince Albert pub have had a cumulative impact on the character and legibility of the historic building;
* Historic interest: one of many pubs on New Street which developed to cater for the Army garrison in the town in the C19, the building has no claims to special historic interest in a national context." (3)

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

<2> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

<3> historic england, 2016, Case Name: De-listing: Prince of Orange Public House, Ashford, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31629.

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