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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 SW 143
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:21-25 London Road, Sevenoaks

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1972 House, probably C16 originally, with rebuilding of the C17 and C19


Grid Reference:TQ 553e+ 1547e
Map Sheet:TQ51NE
Parish:SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1085993: 21-25 LONDON ROAD

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LONDON ROAD 1. 1614 (West Side) Nos 21 to 25 (odd) TQ 5254/1/69 II 2. C18 stucco elevation masking older framed structure. 2 storeys. Parapet with moulded stucco coping. Broken ridge tile roof, raised in centre and half hipped to right. Modern shop fronts on ground floor. 3 widely spaced C18 sliding casements in moulded frames and with glazing bars. 1 small tiled dormer in centre. Side elevation with exposed vertical half timbering with plaster infilling on ground floor and tile- hanging above.
Listing NGR: TQ5297454674

Description from record TQ 55 SW 30 :
House, probably C16 originally, with rebuilding of the C17 and C19

Dendrochronology dating of the rear wing gave a date range of 1588-1617. (2-3)

Historic England archive material: BF083015 21-25 LONDON ROAD, SEVENOAKS Miniature Format Film Number: 94/W RCH01/048/01/571 Labelled sheet of drawings of twenty-one to twenty-five London Road, Sevenoaks, with a plan of the first-floor showing joists, a cross-section, a dais beam profile, and a scarf joint detail


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 39, Pg. 107 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 49 (Website). SKE17391.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30184 listed building, ]
<2>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 39, Pg. 107.
<3>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 49.