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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1350 to 1599. A 15th century moated house, comprising a timber-framed building which was originally an open hall house. It is a two-storey building. Part of the moat is visible as an earthwork.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1350 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 56 NW CROCKENHILL GREEN COURT ROAD
994/2/38 Moat Farmhouse
II
C15 or earlier timber-framed building, formerly an open hall-house. Two storeys. Ground floor red brick, above tile hung. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with gablet. Three casement windows. Flat wooden weather hood. The interior retains the upright posts with jowls, massive tie beams and 3 kingposts. The open hall was ceiled over in the C16 when the large chimneystack with inglenook fireplace was inserted. Part of the moat remains on the north-west and south-east sides.
Listing NGR: TQ5306164557 (1)

Description from record TQ 56 NW 21:
(TQ 50586748)Moat Farm, Green Court Road, Crockenhill. 17c. or earlier, 2 storeys. Ground floor, red brick, above tile hung. Hipped tiled roof. (2) (O.S. 6" shows remains of a moat here) Moat Farm (nameplate) a private residence, as described above. In good condition. See GPs. AO/60/145/6 and AO/60/145/7 To the N.W. there is the remains of a homestead moat; presumably the site of an earlier house; comprising the N.W. and S.W. arms, both waterfilled, and indications of a third S.E. arm. (2) Published 25" survey of 1962 checked and correct: no change. (3) 5280 EYNSFORD GREEN COURT ROAD Crockenhill Moat Farmhouse TQ 56 NW 2/38 II 2. C15 or earlier timber-framed building, formerly an open hall - house. Two storeys. Ground floor red brick, above tile hung. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with gablet. Three casement windows. Flat wooden hood. The interior retains the upright posts with jowls, massive tie beams and 3 kingposts. The open hall was ceiled over in the C16 when the large chimneystack with inglenook fireplace was inserted. Part of the moat remains on the north-west and south-east sides. (2) Not mentioned in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979 (6) or in The Buildings of England. (7)

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

<2> MHLG Schedule Darford 3541 (1952) (OS Card Reference). SKE47169.

<3> F1 ASP 29-JUL-60 (OS Card Reference). SKE42346.

<4> F2 CFW 18-SEP-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43255.

<5> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent Oct 1982 14 (OS Card Reference). SKE40319.

<6> Moated Site Res Gp 6 1979 (C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47233.

<7> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 21 - July, 1960 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2914.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 56 NW 21 - September, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2915.

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