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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 83 SW 9
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Pympe manor

Summary

C15th manor house with later alterations Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1480 to 1999

Grid Reference:TQ 82703 34321
Map Sheet:TQ83SW
Parish:BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1480 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1085238: PYMPE MANOR

Full description

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(TQ 82703432) Pympne Manor Farm (NAT) (1) II Pympe Manor On the map called Pump Farm. Formerly the home of the Gybbon family, to which belonged Edmund Gybbon, Founder of the Grammar School in the village. C.15 timber-framed and close-studded bdg. with plaster infilling. The first fl. oversails on a bressummer and the protrudings ends of the fl. joists, the end w. bays being lower than the centre which has massive curved braces at its angles. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Case. ws. with diamond-shaped leaded panes. On the ground fl. are 2 ws. of 4 lights with wooden mullions and transoms and 1 ditto of 3 lights. Four-centred wooden doorway. 2 s. and attic. 4 w. 1 mod. hipped dormer. The first fl. of the south front is also jettied. Brick chimney breast on north wall. Mod. addition behind. (2) Pympne Manor, Benenden, a typical Wealden House of circa 1500, restored. (3) House. c. 1500 Wealden hall- house extended to rear in 18th c and restored and extended in 1920s. Timber framed building, close studded with plaster infilling (Listed Grade II*) [Full architectural description] (4)

Description from record TQ 83 SW 52:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BENENDEN TQ83SW GODDARD'S GREEN 1350-0/3/37 Pympe Manor 09/06/52 II* House. c.1500 Wealden hall-house extended to rear in C18 and restored and extended in 1920s. Timber-framed building, close-studded with plaster infilling. 1st floor oversails on bressumer and the protruding ends of the floor joists. The end bays are lower than the centre which has massive curved braces at its angles. Steeply pitched tiled roof with later C16 stepped brick chimneystack. 3 bay hall with 1 bay wings. 2 storeys; 4 windows. Mainly C20 mullion windows with leaded lights; 1 hipped dormer. Corner post with dragon beam. 4 centred arched doorway with original plank door. Rear has C18 extension and C20 L-wing. Interior retains 3 arched service doorways. Inserted roll-moulded spine beam with run out stops. Right side ground floor room has late C16 4 centred arched stone fireplace. Moulded octagonal crown post with 4 head braces. Principal chamber has arched brace roof. Traces of cambed pargetting in a scrolled pattern. (B. of E. 'West Kent and The Weald': Pevsner: 148). Listing NGR: TQ8272134436 (5)


<1> OS 1:2500 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48216.

<2> DOE (HHR) Cranbrook RD Kent Nov 1960 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE40179.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 153-4 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37936.

<4> DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (21) (OS Card Reference). SKE40659.

<5> 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: OS 1:2500 1974.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Cranbrook RD Kent Nov 1960 6.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 153-4 (J Newman).
<4>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Tunbridge Wells 5 July 1993 (21).
<5>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27175 Listed building, ]