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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1632

Monument Types

• WALL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST
Inner Garden Wall to North and West of formal garden of Penshurst Place TQ 5243 23/790
II* GV
2. Probably early C17 brick wall with stone coping and stone steps at angle. Stone Tudor-arched doorway in north wall. Wall breaks for entrance tower and continues eastward at a lower level.
Penshurst Place, the South Central Tower and Wall, the Southern Wall, the inner Garden Wall and the Garden Wall form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5274643926 (1)

Description from record TQ 54 SW 16 :
(TQ 527438 - TQ 528439). Boundaries of Penshurst Place. Inner Garden Wall to North and West of formal garden of Penshurst Place. TQ 5243 23/790 Listed Grade II* Probably early C17 brick wall with stone coping and stone steps at angle. Stone Tudor-arched doorway in north wall. Wall breaks for entrance tower and continues eastward at a lower level. (2)

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

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD 1975 218-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE41000.

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