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Monument details

HER Number:	TQ 54 SW 123
Type of record:	Listed Building
Name:	WALL RUNNING SOUTH SOUTH EAST FROM SOUTHERN TIP OF PENSHURST PLACE AND RETURNING EASTWARD

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1699

Summary from record TQ 54 SW 32:

17th century brick boundary wall

Grid Reference:	TQ 52756 43872
Map Sheet:	TQ54SW
Parish:	PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

BOUNDARY WALL (BOUNDARY WALL, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
GARDEN WALL (GARDEN WALL, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
SITE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)

Protected Status:	Listed Building (II*) 1243174: WALL RUNNING SOUTH SOUTH EAST FROM SOUTHERN TIP OF PENSHURST PLACE AND RETURNING EASTWARD

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST
Wall running South-South-East from Southern tip of Penshurst Place, and returning Eastward. TQ 5243 23/789 10.9.54.
II* GV
2. C17 red brick wall running south to form east boundary of churchyard, continuing to abut on rear walls of No 1 Leicester Square and Wall Cottage; finally returning east to link with screen wall to north of Gatehouse.
Penshurst Place, the South Central Tower and Wall, the Southern Wall, the Inner Garden Wall and the Garden Wall form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5284843888

Description from record TQ 54 SW 32:
(TQ 527438 - TQ 528439). Boundaries of Penshurst Place. Wall running South-South-East from Southern tip of Penshurst Place, and returning Eastward. TQ 5243 23/789 10.9.54 Listed Grade II* C17 red brick wall running south to form east boundary of churchyard, continuing to abut on rear walls of No. 1 Leicester Square and wall Cottage; finally returning east to link with screen wall to north of Gatehouse. (1)

Additional Info (2-3)

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

<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD 1975 218-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE40327.

<2> Nicola Bannister, Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge (Unpublished document). SKE6946.

<3> Cluttons, 1994, Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan (Unpublished document). SKE6947.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref.	Source description
---	Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<1>	OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD 1975 218-220.
<2>	Unpublished document: Nicola Bannister. Historic landscape survey of Penshurst Estate, Tonbridge.
<3>	Unpublished document: Cluttons. 1994. Penshurst Place: Whole estate management plan.

Related records

TQ 54 SW 176	Parent of: INNER GARDEN WALL TO NORTH AND WEST OF FORMAL GARDEN OF PENSHURST PLACE (Listed Building)
TQ 54 SW 102	Part of: GARDEN WALL TO NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH OF PENSHURST PLACE GARDENS (Listed Building)
TQ 54 SW 26	Part of: Penshurst park (Landscape)