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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1350 to 1975. C15 or earlier hall house with C17, C18 and modern alterations and additions.

Monument Types

• SITE (Medieval to Modern - 1350 AD to 2050 AD)

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM London Road (West Side)
Court Lodge TQ 4454 35/1422 10.9.54.
II*
2. C15 or earlier hall house with C17, C18 and modern alterations and additions. Front in 3 sections: late C19 or early C20 gabled wing at left; original centre section of 1 storey and attic, 3 irregular windows; modern 2-storey, 2-window right part. High pitched tiled roofs with modern square dormers. Red brick walls with replaced or modern leaded casements. Picturesque shallow U-shaped rear elevation. Main roof sweeping to ground floor eaves, gabled wings and 2 gabled sections in middle. Much visible timber framing with brick filling, mostly modern. Loggia with wood posts supporting overhanging reproduction gable in centre. Inside hall exposed to roof (C16 floor removed and gallery inserted during alterations by Baillie Scott). Very heavy bowed tie beam with solid arch braces and crown post. On lower level square framing with very heavy diagonal braces; closer studding above. Large chimney stack with inglenook fireplace inserted late C16 or early C17. Parlour with C16 wainscoting and stone Tudor fireplace. Solar above has arched tie beam with crown post. C16 staircase with old, fluted wainscoting. Courts Leet for manor of Westerham were held here.
Listing NGR: TQ4464054637 (1)

Description from record TQ 45 SW 55 :
(TQ 44645465) Court Lodge (NAT) (2) 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM London Road (West Side) Court Lodge TQ 4454 35/1422 10.9.54. II* 2. C15 or earlier hall house with C17, C18 and modern alterations and additions. Front in 3 sections: late C19 or early C20 gabled wing at left; original centre section of 1 storey and attic, 3 irregular windows; modern 2-storey, 2-window right part. High pitched tiled roofs with modern square dormers. Red brick walls with replaced or modern leaded casements. Picturesque shallow U-shaped rear elevation. Main roof sweeping to ground floor eaves, gabled wings and 2 gabled sections in middle. Much visible timber framing with brick filling, mostly modern. Loggia with wood posts supporting overhanging reproduction gable in centre. Inside hall exposed to roof (C16 floor removed and gallery inserted during alterations by Baillie Scott). Very heavy bowed tie beam with solid arch braces and crown post. On lower level square framing with very heavy diagonal braces; closer studding above. Large chimney stack with inglenook fireplace inserted late C16 or early C17. Parlour with C16 wainscoting and stone Tudor fireplace. Solar above has arched tie beam with crown post. C16 staircase with old, fluted wainscoting. Courts Leet for manor of Westerham were held here. (3) Not mentioned in The Buildings of England. (4)

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

<2> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.

<3> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 373 (OS Card Reference). SKE41016.

<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.

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