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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 45 NE 65 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | BEE HOUSE IN WALLED GARDEN |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1830 to 1870
Summary from record TQ 45 NE 28 :
19th century bee house
| Grid Reference: | TQ 48340 57740 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ45NE |
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| Parish: | CHEVENING, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- BEE HOUSE (Bee House, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (Post Medieval - 1830 AD to 1870 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CHEVENING CHEVENING
Bee House in Walled Garden
TQ 45 NE 41/2003 II*(star) GV
Bee house. c1850. Small weatherboarded building in Gothic style with hipped slate roof. North west side has central pointed arched door about 5 feet high with plank door. 2 pointed arched window openings, unglazed, with sliding wooden shutters behind. Ends have similar windows. Interior has roof with ridge piece and collar beam and end diagonal tension braces. Tiled floor. Shelf on 3 sides about 1 foot from ground on which the hives were placed. The south east side has one board which could be raised from the outside to permit the bees to enter and leave their hives. An extremely rare survival.
Listing NGR: TQ4871757714
Description from record TQ 45 NE 28 :
(TQ 48375774 - Inf. Kent SMR) Bee house c. 1850. Small weather boarded house in Gothic style. Interior shelves for bee hives. An extremely rare survival. Listed Grade II*. (1)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<1> DOE (HHR) Maidstone (Amendment 14.7.88) (OS Card Reference). SKE40589.
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) Maidstone (Amendment 14.7.88). |
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