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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 94 NE 192 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | ELIZABETHAN COURT |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1699
Grid Reference: | TQ 9531 4945 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ94NE |
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Parish: | CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1480 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1185822: ELIZABETHAN COURT |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 CHARING HIGH STREET (east side) Elizabethan Court (Nos 1 to 8 (consec)) (formerly listed as The Old Swan Hotel) TQ 9549 22/15 14.2.67 II GV 2. Formerly the Old Swan Hotel. C17. Two storeys and attic in the north gable. Red brick and grey headers on a cemented base. Tiled roof with gable at each end. Above the ground floor is a pattern of machicolation in bricks simulating an overhang. Four casement windows with brick dripstones over the end first floor windows. Three small modern bays on ground floor. Doorcase, at the head of 5 steps with iron handrail, having fluted pilasters, projecting cornice over, semi-circular fanlight and 6 panelled doors. Projecting iron bracket from which the inn sign once hung. At the south corner of the front is a wooden post from which presumably another inn sign hung. Interior contains chamfered beams.
Listing NGR: TQ9532449460 (1)
Description from record TQ 94 NE 42:
Grade II listed building
Formerly TQ 94 NE 42
Details of cellar. (2)
Substantial post medieval house incorporating fragmentary remains of a Wealden house with formerly open 1-bay hall. (3)
Historic England archive material: BF040089 ELIZABETHAN COURT, CHARING 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. RCH01/048/01/123 Labelled sheet of drawings of Elizabethan Court, Charing, with two floor plans RCH01/048/01/124 Labelled sheet of drawings of Elizabethan Court, Charing, with a longitudinal section and details of the butt-purlin roof, rafter construction, the end wall, a crown-post, the fireplace lintel and a ceiling beam
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Pearson, S, 1997, Cellar Survey of Charing (Unpublished document). SKE16524.
<3> 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> | Unpublished document: Pearson, S. 1997. Cellar Survey of Charing. |
<3> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |