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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 86 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | THE POST OFFICE AND VILLAGE SHOP |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1599. Timber-framed building Old Manor House and Post Office : listed building
Grid Reference: | TQ 50086 45157 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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Parish: | CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1440 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE CHIDDINGSTONE - High Street (South Side) No 3, The Post Office and Village Shop (Formerly listed as No 3). TQ 5045 7/198 10.9.54.
II* GV
2. Cl6 timber framed building of 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows in all, irregular. High pitched, tiled roof with compound ridge stack. In detail - to left - way in to yard with 1st floor oversailing and supported on timber joints. 1 small leaded casement. In centre - Restored shop front with brick base and centre double glazed door with square paned windows on either side with mullions and transoms. Restored architrave moulding above shop front and door. lst floor - Vertical ½ timbering with plaster infilling. 2 small leaded lights. To right - 3 gable ends with centre gable end projecting and supported on timber posts forming covered porch. 2 side gable ends with attic windows, square bay projection carried up 2 storeys with mullioned windows and oversailing gable end with one supporting bracket to left. Octagon bay window to right of door with mullions and transoms and supporting oversailing lst floor. Projecting oriel window with mullions and transoms on 1st floor supporting oversailing gable end with brackets. All 3 gable ends with moulded eave boards and pendants. Restored front door with pointed arch (up 3 stone steps.) Cobbled pavement in front.
Nos 1 to 4 (consec), No 6, The Castle Inn and the Gate to Chiddingstone Castle form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5008745157 (1)
Description from record TQ 54 NW 11 :
[TQ 5009 4516 - sited from O.S. 1:2500, 1969] No. 3, The Post Office and Village Shop (formerly listed as No. 3), Grade II*, Chiddingstone High Street (south side). 16th century timber framed building. (For full description see list.) (2)
Description from record TQ 54 NW 32:
Listed building : no additional information available
Wealden house with a formerly open 2-bay hall and upper end of unusual form. In the 16th century there were alterations and in 1638 the house was refurbished. A 2-bay rear wing, probably a kitchen was added in the early 16th century. (3)
Historic England archive material (4)
Historic England, Archive material associated with Chiddingstone High Street, Listed Building (Archive). SKE57176.
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD of Sevenoaks Jan 1975 60 (OS Card Reference). SKE41009.
<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | --- | Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Chiddingstone High Street, Listed Building. |
<1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30472 Building, ] |
<2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD of Sevenoaks Jan 1975 60. |
<3> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |