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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 154 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | HALL PLACE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Tudor style country house constructed in 1871-2. It is of two storeys and attics and a three storey, battlemented square tower.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5545e 1467e |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ51SE |
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| Parish: | LEIGH, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COUNTRY HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1871 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1258589: HALL PLACE |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 54 NW 16 :
[Name TQ 54484673] Hall Place [NAT] (1) Hall Place. 1871-2 by George Devey. Large mansion in Tudor style. Irregular front to lakes. 2 storeys and attics with many gable ends; and 3 storey, battlemented square tower.[Full architectural description]LISTED GRADE II* Stable block to south west of Hall Place. Square building of 1872 (on datestone) surrounding cobbled courtyard.[Full architectural description]LISTED GRADE II* (2) Additional architectural reference. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LEIGH LEIGH 1, 5280 High Street (North Side) (off) Hall Place TQ 5446 19/672 8.2.74. II GV 2. 1871-2 by George Devey. Large mansion in Tudor style. Irregular front to lakes, much broken back and forward. 2 storeys and attics, with many gable ends; and 3-storey, battlemented square tower. Some projecting 2-storey bays, battlemented or balustraded. Red brick with large diaper of blue headers. Slated roofs with tall brick stacks of elaborate grouped shafts. Stone dressings to battlements and gable ends; and stone mullions and transoms to windows. Doors under carved stone Tudor arches. Garden front in similar style and with 5-storey balustraded square tower at left. Courtyard at south-west end screened by curved walls.
Hall Place, the terrace walls and gates to the North West, the terrace walls and steps to North-East, the Estate office and workshop block, the Stable block and the Garden walls form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5448246711 (4)
<1> OS 1:10000 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48158.
<2> DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks Kent(16 Jan 1975) 169,171 (OS Card Reference). SKE41344.
<3> Newman J(1980)The Buildings of England:West Kent and the Weald. 375-6 (OS Card Reference). SKE47550.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1973. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Sevenoaks Kent(16 Jan 1975) 169,171. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Newman J(1980)The Buildings of England:West Kent and the Weald. 375-6. |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30602 listed building, ] |
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