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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 56 NE 151
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:GARDEN NICHE TO WEST OF FRANKS HALL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1899

Grid Reference:TQ 5538 6783
Map Sheet:TQ56NE
Parish:HORTON KIRBY AND SOUTH DARENTH, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1238786: GARDEN NICHE TO WEST OF FRANKS HALL

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HORTON KIRBY FRANKS LANE 1. 5280 Garden Niche to west of Franks Hall TQ 56 NE 3/178 II
2. Probable C19 garden ornament but in C18 style. It is set in the rear wall of a yellow brick Victorian garden shed and was designed to form the termination of a view from the garden on one side. The garden shed itself is not of special interest. Stone panel about 12 ft in height having a cornice with shield and cornucopia, pilasters and a shell with head of Neptune. Vacant plinth for statue.
Listing NGR: TQ5550267822
See also (2) and TQ 56 NE 209 for the cottage (garden shed? above) and glasshouse.


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

<2> Maggie Henderson, 2014, Franks Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent: Archaeological Interpretive Survey (Unpublished document). SKE29674.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Unpublished document: Maggie Henderson. 2014. Franks Hall, Horton Kirby, Kent: Archaeological Interpretive Survey.

Related records

TQ 56 NE 209Parent of: Gardener's cottage and glasshouse, Franks Hall, Horton Kirby (Monument)
TQ 56 NE 165Part of: FRANKS HALL (Listed Building)