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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 44 SE 101
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:PRINKHAM

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1632


Grid Reference:TQ 5496e 1411e
Map Sheet:TQ51SW
Parish:CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1085873: PRINKHAM

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE COLDHARBOUR ROAD Prinkham TQ 44 SE 53/186 10.9.54.
II*
2. Early C17 additions to building of C15 or early C16, part of a small hall. Entrance front shows square framed left part under cross gable and close studded right part. Oversailing 1st floor with finely carved corner brackets and vertical ½ timbering above. Oversailing gable end supported on carved brackets with pendants. Moulded barge boards. 2 storeys and gable end attic window. Leaded casement windows. Ground floor bay window and 1st floor window above with moulded mullions and transoms. Ridge tile roof with one end hipped and centre ridge stack. Inside heavy beamsand large stone inglenook; and 3 crown posts, tle central one octagonal.(1)
Listing NGR: TQ4957941132

Description from record TQ 44 SE 15 :
(TQ 49584114) Prinkham (NAT) (1) 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE COLDHARBOUR ROAD Prinkham TQ 44 SE 53/186 10.9.54. II* 2. Early C17 additions to building of C15 or early C16, part of a small hall. Entrance front shows square framed left part under cross gable and close studded right part. Oversailing 1st floor with finely carved corner brackets and vertical 1/2 timbering above. Oversailing gable end supported on carved brackets with pendants. Moulded barge boards. 2 storeys and gable end attic window. Leaded casement windows.Ground floor bay window and 1st floor window above with moulded mullions and transoms. Ridge tile roof with one end hipped and centre ridge stack. Inside heavy beamsand large stone inglenook; and 3 crown posts, the central one octagonal. (2) Not mentioned in The Buildings of England. (2-4)

Historic England archive material: BF031670 PRINKHAMS, CHIDDINGSTONE


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

<2> OS 1:2500 1969 (OS Card Reference). SKE48211.

<3> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD Kent Jan 1975 49 (OS Card Reference). SKE41038.

<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30052 building, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1969.
<3>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD Kent Jan 1975 49.
<4>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).