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Monument details

HER Number:TR 04 NW 153
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:LAKE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1267 to 1699. A late 13th century hall house with a 17th century roof and 19th century windows. Constructed of flint and rubble with stone dressings and a plain tile roof.

Grid Reference:TR 0101 4732
Map Sheet:TR04NW
Parish:EASTWELL, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HALL HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1267 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1362760: LAKE HOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TR 04 NW 23 :
[TR 011 474] The Lake House. (1) The Lake House (located from O.S. 1:2500 1976 at TR 0102 4733) is a medieval stone house of c. 1300. It was built of flint rubble with ragstone dressings. Altered in the 17th century and perhaps later. The roof is mainly post-medieval, scheduled. (2) Lake House is a typical small manor house in the Norman style, dating from about 1300, and measuring only 45ft. by 26ft. 6in. overall (see illustration card). (3) Hall House, Grade II* Lake House. Late 13th century with 17th centuryroof and 19th century windows. (For full description see list). (4) The Lake House, scheduled. (5) Descheduled 26.3.97 (6)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 04 NW EASTWELL
5/13 Lake House 13.10.52 GV II*
Hall house. Late C13, with C17 roof and C19 windows. Flint and rubble with stone dressings and plain tile roof, brick window surrounds. Upper floor hall plan with staircase. Extension to north. Two storeys, hipped roof, central stack and end right. Irregular fenestration of brick "Dering" windows and C20 doors. West and south fronts each with 2 large brick buttresses. Interior: first floor hall, with 2 blocked arched windows either end, and central hearth, now marked by brick inserted stack. (See R.C.H.M. report, E.W. Parkin, 1968). Listing NGR: TR0101347326 (8)

Historic england archive material: BF008887 LAKE HOUSE, EASTWELL 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.


<1> DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 114 (OS Card Reference). SKE41416.

<2> DOE(IAM) Record Form plan 1986 (OS Card Reference). SKE41447.

<3> Arch Cant 83 1968 151-161 (EW Parkin) (OS Card Reference). SKE35762.

<4> RCHM Report 1968 (EW Parkin) (OS Card Reference). SKE48972.

<5> DOE(HHR) Boro of Ashform 1984 65 (OS Card Reference). SKE40827.

<6> DOE(IAM) SAMS 1988 Kent 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE41453.

<7> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Pers Comm EH to KCC 26.2.97 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<8> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 114.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) Record Form plan 1986.
<3>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 83 1968 151-161 (EW Parkin).
<4>OS Card Reference: RCHM Report 1968 (EW Parkin).
<5>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of Ashform 1984 65.
<6>OS Card Reference: DOE(IAM) SAMS 1988 Kent 2.
<7>Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Pers Comm EH to KCC 26.2.97.
<8>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22767 Listed building, ]