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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 NW 260 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | HOLMESDALE HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1732 Holmesdale House, Holmesdale Villa - early 18thc
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5277 5925 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55NW |
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| Parish: | OTFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 OTFORD OTFORD The Green TQ 5259 21/748 Holmesdale Villa. lO.9.54 Holmesdale House. II* GV 2. Early C18 houses built as a pair, each 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows. Hipped, swept, tiled roof with 4 leaded dormers in all. Moulded wood eaves cornice. Red brick with 1st floor band. Long, flush-framed sash windows with glazing bars, 9 panes to a sash. Central, 6-panel doors, top glazed, under pedimented hoods on brackets. 1-storey end additions. Irregular 4-gabled rear elevations indicate older, timber-framed core. [All the buildings in The Green form a group.] Listing NGR: TQ5276459257 (1)
Description from record TQ 55 NW 43 :
(TQ 52775926) Holmesdale (NAT) (2) 5280 OTFORD OTFORD The Green Holmesdale Villa. Holmesdale House. TQ 5259 21/748 10.9.54. II* GV 2. Early C18 houses built as a pair, each 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows. Hipped, swept, tiled roof with 4 leaded dormers in all. Moulded wood eaves cornice. Red brick with 1st floor band. Long, flush-framed sash windows with glazing bars, 9 panes to a sash. Central, 6-panel doors, top glazed, under pedimented hoods on brackets. 1-storey end additions. Irregular 4-gabled rear elevations indicate older, timber-framed core. (3) Holmesdale Villa and Holmesdale. Early Georgian, built as a semi-detached pair, a remarkable thing at that date. (4)
Possible floor found in garden. See TQ 55 NW 98 (5)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:2500 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48204.
<3> DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan 1975 190 (OS Card Reference). SKE40441.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 447 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38004.
<5> Otford and District Archaeological Group, 1993, Holmesdale, The Green, Otford, Kent: Report on Stage 1 Archaeological Work (Unpublished document). SKE6832.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30668 Building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1962. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan 1975 190. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 447 (J Newman). |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Otford and District Archaeological Group. 1993. Holmesdale, The Green, Otford, Kent: Report on Stage 1 Archaeological Work. |
