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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 SW 182
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:17 HIGH STREET

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1599. No 17 High St - Inn; houses


Grid Reference:TQ 5312 5423
Map Sheet:TQ55SW
Parish:SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1086020: 17 HIGH STREET

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HIGH STREET 1, 1614 (West Side) No 17 TQ 5354/1/30 13.4.51 II* GV 2. With Nos 13 and 15. Originally an inn but is now divided into 3 houses, C16 or earlier framed structure, 2.1.3. facade, 2 storeys. Large centre projecting gable feature with fishscale tile-hanging on first floor. First floor of projecting gable feature over-sailing. Supporting wings on either side with plain tile hanging on first floor. Continuous ridge tile roof, half hipped to left and with ridge stack to left of centre gable. Ground floor painted brick. Plain boarded cottage door. Small square window in moulded frame to left of door. Large square paned casement to right of door. Square projecting bay to extreme right with square paned window. First-floor over-sailing with plastered soffit. Plain tile hanging on first floor with 3 sets of mullioned lattice casements. 2 small square windows either side of centre casement. Casement to left with painter wooden arched headpieces and centre moulded mullion. Nos 7 to 17 (odd) form a group Listing NGR: TQ5312654231 (1)

Description from record TQ 55 SW 10 :
1614 HIGH STREET (West Side) No 17 TQ 5354/1/30 13.4.51 II* (TQ 53135423 - O.S. 1:2500 1966) 2. With Nos 13 and 15. Originally an inn but is now divided into 3 houses. C16 or earlier framed structure, 2.1.3. facade, 2 storeys. Large centre projecting gable feature with fishscale tile-hanging on first floor. First floor of projecting gable feature over-sailing. Supporting wings on either side with plain tile hanging on first floor. Continuous ridge tile roof, half hipped to left and with ridge stack to left of centre gable. Ground floor painted brick. Plain boarded cottage door. Small square window in moulded frame to left of door. Large square paned casement to right of door. Square projecting bay to extreme right with square paned window. First floor over-sailing with plastered soffit. Plain tile hanging on first floor with 3 sets of mullioned lattice casements. 2 small square windows either side of centre casement. Casement to left with painted wooden arched headpieces and centre moulded mullion. (2) Not mentioned in the Buildings of England. (3)


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks U.D. Kent. Sept. 1972 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE40446.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks U.D. Kent. Sept. 1972 23.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).