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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 55 SW 148
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:LONG BARN

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1975. House constructed in 1916 incorporating a 14th century house and a 16th century barn. The house was modernised during the early 1920s.


Grid Reference:TQ 52641 50570
Map Sheet:TQ55SW
Parish:SEVENOAKS WEALD, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARN (BARN, Medieval to Modern - 1300 AD to 2050 AD)
  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1272861: LONG BARN

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 SEVENOAKS WEALD SEVENOAKS WEALD Long Barn Road (East Side)
Long Barn TQ 55 SW 46/1127 10.9.54.
II*
2. At back a C15 hall house. In front and at right angles a C16 house adjoining. These parts of 2 storeys with irregular windows. To left of the C16 house a gabled section, probably early C17, of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows; and a modern extension. High pitched tiled roofs. Buildings tile hung above, brick below. At back visible timber framing. External stack to rear part, facing road, of C16 with Tudor bricks and stone quoins, rebuilt above. Inside restored but with much good original timber and inglenooks. Narrow hall part opened up, with visible crown posts. Said to have been the house of William Caxton, the first English printer. Listing NGR: TQ5262750560 (1)

Description from record TQ 55 SW 7 :
(TQ 52645057) Long Barn (NAT) (2) 5280 SEVENOAKS WEALD SEVENOAKS WEALD Long Barn Road (East Side) Long Barn TQ 55 SW 46/1127 10.9.54. II* 2. At back a C15 hall house. In front and at right angles a C16 house adjoining. These parts of 2 storeys with irregular windows. To left of the C16 house a gabled section, probably early C17, of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows; and a modern extension. High pitched tiled roofs. Buildings tile hung above, brick below. At back visible timber framing. External stack to rear part, facing road, of C16 with Tudor bricks and stone quoins, rebuilt above. Inside restored but with much good original timber and inglenooks. Narrow hall part opened up, with visible crown posts. Said to have been the house of William Caxton, the first English printer. (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 1:10000 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE48160.

<3> DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan. 1975 288 (OS Card Reference). SKE40444.

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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31344 Building, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1975.
<3>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan. 1975 288.
<4>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).

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TQ 55 SW 26Parent of: Long barn gardens (Landscape)