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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 SW 81 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THE MANOR HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1799
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5317 5430 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55SW |
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| Parish: | SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1767 AD to 1799 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HIGH STREET 1. 1614 (East Side) No 6 (The Manor House) TQ 5354/1/4 13.4.51 II GV 2. Late C18. Coursed local stone with flint infilling to mortar joints. Symmetrical 2.1.2 window facade of 2 storeys, Centre part slightly recessed. Corner and end pilasters. Plinth ad band. Projecting moulded flat modillioned cornice and concealed gutter. Hipped slate mansard roof, end stacks, 5 flat-roofed leaded dormers containing sash windows. Centre large dormer. Ground floor sash windows wwith bars removed. First floor sash windows with bars intact and with C19 ornamental sunblind cases. Centre projecting flat-roofed glazed porch with rounded corner pilasters, entablature and flat modillioned cornice. Wide glazed double doors with rectangular fanlight over. Inner glazed double doors with late C18 fanlight over with tracery. 1 storey wing to left of main elevation with hipped slate roof, eaves and gutter and 2 sash windows. Rear elevation similar but with large Edwardian bay additions. Interior hall with elliptical well staircase lighted by domed skylight.
Historical Associations.
The Manor House was originally built as a Dower House to Knole Park.
Nos 6 to 24 (even) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5317454303 (1)
In 1994 a survey on cellars in the Sevenoaks area was undertaken. 6 High Street was found to have the entire floor area taken by the cellar. (2)
?, 1994, Sevenoaks Cellar Survey (Unpublished document). SKE17186.
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: ?. 1994. Sevenoaks Cellar Survey. |
| <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
