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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 83 SW 2 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Moat, The Old Manor House, Benenden |
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Summary
Moat - three sides remaining filled with water.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 80608 33112 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ83SW |
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| Parish: | BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: THE OLD MANOR HOUSE (and moat). The Old Manor House is well preserved. The moat is waterfilled and except that the South arm is missing. |
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Full description
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(TQ 80603310) Manor House (NAT) Moat (NAT) (1) 23/19 The Old Manor House, Benenden. Grade II. On the map called the Manor House. This is now an L-shaped building. The original portion is the east wing which is a C.15 timber-framed building now faced with tiles on a red brick base. The first floor of the end west bays oversails on the protruding ends of the fl. joists and brackets. Sprocket eaves, the centre portion between the oversailing west bays projecting on curved braces at the sides and a bracket in the centre. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Case windows with diamond-shaped or small square leaded panes. Doorway with flat hood on brackets. 2s. 4 w. The L-wing at the southwest corner is a modern timbered addition made of old materials in matching style. 4 windows and 2 dormers. (2)
Nearly three-quarters of the moat at the Manor House, Benenden, still exists. (3) The Old Manor House is as described and is well preserved. (See GP AO/63/126/1) The moat is waterfilled and except that the S arm is missing in good condition. Published 25" survey correct. (4) TQ 806332. Manor House, Benenden, listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (5) Manor House, Benenden, large Wealden house, timbers covered over with tiles, with a big 20th century wing at right angles. (6)
A Conservation Area appraisal in 2005 suggested the house dates from c. 1390 with a 16th century extension on the west side forming an 'L' wing. (9)
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> MHLG Cranbrook RD Nov 1960 4 23/19 (OS Card Reference). SKE47109.
<3> VCH Kent vol 1 1908 425 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE51199.
<4> F1 ASP 06.02.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41950.
<5> Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47261.
<6> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 154 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37937.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 83 SW 2 - February, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4335.
<8> THE OLD MANOR HOUSE AT BENENDEN FROM S.W. (Photograph). SKE2561.
<9> Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, 2005, Conservation Areas appraisal, Benenden and Iden Green (Unpublished document). SKE16137.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: MHLG Cranbrook RD Nov 1960 4 23/19. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent vol 1 1908 425 (I C Gould). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 06.02.63. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 154 (J Newman). |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 83 SW 2 - February, 1963. |
| <8> | Photograph: THE OLD MANOR HOUSE AT BENENDEN FROM S.W.. OS63/F126/1. Black and White. Negative. |
| <9> | Unpublished document: Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. 2005. Conservation Areas appraisal, Benenden and Iden Green. |
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