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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 44 NW 76
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:94 AND 96 HIGH STREET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1975 No 94 is a medieval house of Wealden form with a two-bay open hall & single two-storeyed end. The second two-storeyed end (No 96) forms a cross wing & is a later addition


Grid Reference:TQ 5444e 146e+
Map Sheet:TQ51SW
Parish:EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • HALL HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
  • SINGLE ENDED WEALDEN HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1085949: 94 AND 96 HIGH STREET

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EDENBRIDGE EDENBRIDGE 1, 5280 High Street (West Side) Nos 94 and 96 (Formerly listed as timber-framed structure adjoining Tanyard House). TQ 4446 12/445 10.9.54. II GV 2. Restored timber framed C15 building. 2 storeys No 94, 3 windows, No 96 one window in gabled section running back at right angles. Roof of stone flags partly restored with tiles. No 94 has exposed framing with plaster filling on 1st floor; and modern leaded casements. On rendered ground floor 2 modest modern shop fronts. No 96 has weatherboarded 1st floor and brick ground floor. C19 windows, casement above and sash below; and 4-panel door. On left return projecting chimney stack with base of coursed stone and moulded plinth. Inside much heavy exposed timber; and crown post in open upper floor. Nos 86 to 96 (even) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ4440146032 (1)

Description from record TQ 44 NW 29 :
No 94 is a medieval house of Wealden form with a two-bay open hall & single two-storeyed end. The second two-storeyed end (No 96) forms a cross wing & is a later addition.

Dendrochronology dating of No. 94 gave a date range of 1400-1435. (2)

A timber framed house of two medieval phases the earlier of which (No 94) is a formerly open 2-bay hall and end of Wealden form and the later (No 96) is a 3-bay 2-storey cross wing jettied to the front of probably non-domestic origin (3)

Historic England archive material (4)


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 22, Pg. 44 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<4> Historic England, Archive material associated with Country Fair and Light Horse, High Street, Edenbridge, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55765.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30135 Listed building, ]
<2>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 22, Pg. 44.
<3>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
<4>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Country Fair and Light Horse, High Street, Edenbridge, Listed Building.