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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 53 NW 49
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:BRICK BARN TO WEST AND SLIGHTLY NORTH OF CHAFFORD PARK

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1599


Grid Reference:TQ 51583 39509
Map Sheet:TQ53NW
Parish:PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARN (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1243038: BRICK BARN TO WEST AND SLIGHTLY NORTH OF CHAFFORD PARK

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST FORDCOMBE
Brick barn to west and slightly North of Chafford Park TQ 53 NW 58/902
II* GV
2. L-shaped brick barn, very long, possibly C16. One storey and 2 dormers. High pitched tiled roof with loading door at left. 5 window openings with cambered arches, later casements. 3 chamfered brick doorways, 2 Tudor arched and one pointed arched, the later possibly modern. One ancient panelled door. High brick plinth. A likely monastic survival. Chafford Park, the front garden wall and mounting block, the brick barn and the barn to West of it form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5162639478 (1)

Description from record TQ 53 NW 12 :
Deduced from OS 1:2500 1970 as the building at TQ 5158 3950. Brick barn to west and slightly north of Chafford Park, Grade II*, Fordcombe. L-shaped brick barn, very long, possibly 16th century. A likely monastic survival. (For full description see list.) (2) To the north west of Chafford Park (TQ 53 NW 11) a fine long range of farm buildings, 16th century brick at the top and, continuing down thehill as a weatherboarded barn, all under one roof. (3)


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent Jan 1975 216 (OS Card Reference). SKE40316.

<3> The Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 138 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE50150.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30699 Building, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent Jan 1975 216.
<3>OS Card Reference: The Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 138 (J Newman).

Related records

TQ 53 NW 48Part of: CHAFFORD PARK (Listed Building)