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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 44 SE 74 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | WITHERS |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1899 Early C16 four-bay house. Two-bay rear wing added in latter half of the C16
Grid Reference: | TQ 5498e 1447e |
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Map Sheet: | TQ51SW |
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Parish: | CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1085900: WITHERS |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE HILL HOATH
Nos 55 and 56 TQ 44 SE 53/273
II
2. C15 timber framed building, probably a hall house. Large, long-hipped, tiled roof, one gabled dormer. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Tall, C16 compound central chimney stack. Tile hung 1st floor. C19 red brick ground floor with diaper of blue headers. C19 and modern small casements. Old plank doors in stout frames. Roof extends down at both sides to give ground floor lean-tos. Right return and rear show exposed framing with plaster filling. Long, 2-storey, timber framed, gabled rear extension, with 1-storey pent end.
Nos 55 and 56 shall be amended to read Withers.
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE HILL HOATH Nos 55 & 56 TQ 44 SE 53/273
II
2. C15 timber framed building, probably a hall house. Large, long-hipped, tiled roof, one gabled dormer. 2 storeys, 3 windows. Tall, C16 compound central chimney stack. Tile hung 1st floor. C19 red brick ground floor with diaper of blue headers. C19 and modern small casements. Old plank doors in stout frames. Roof extends down at both sides to give ground floor lean-tos. Right return and rear show exposed framing with plaster filling. Long, 2-storey, timber framed, gabled rear extension, with 1-storey pent end.
Listing NGR: TQ4975344668 (1)
Description from record TQ 44 SE 25 :
Early C16 four-bay house. Two-bay rear wing added in latter half of the C16
A timber framed 4-bay house with an integral smoke bay and storeyed hall. In the late 16th century, a 2-bay rear wing with a former smoke bay was added as a kitchen. (2)
Historic England archive material: BF039651 WITHERS, CHIDDINGSTONE 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. RCH01/048/01/175 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Withers, Chiddingstone
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30083 Listed building, ] |
<2> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |