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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 44 NW 102
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:77 AND 79 HIGH STREET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1476 to 2050


Grid Reference:TQ 4442 4607
Map Sheet:TQ44NW
Parish:EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1476 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1336406: 77 AND 79 HIGH STREET

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EDENBRIDGE EDENBRIDGE 1 5280 High Street (East Side) Nos 75 to 79 (odd) TQ 4446 12/413 II GV 2. C16 or earlier framed structure with oversailing 1st floor. 2 builds, the right part slightly lower. High pitched tiled roofs with rebuilt ridge stack. C19 tall central gabled dormer breaking eaves (No 77). 2 storeys, 3 windows in all. 1st floor tile hung and painted, ground floor rendered. No 75 has C19 casement on 1st floor and canted oriel shop front with glazing bars on ground floor. Diagonally set door on corner. No 77, under the gabled dormer, has plain small shop front and half glazed door. No 79 has C18 leaded iron casement on 1st floor; and 2 canted bay shop windows with glazing bars, and glazed door, on ground floor. All the ground floor treatment is modern but seemly.
Nos 75 to 79 (odd) and No 81 (The King and Queen Public House) form a group.
Nos 75 to 79 (odd) shall be amended to read Nos 77 and 79
In line 4 the word "former" should be inserted before "No 75".
The group value note should now read Nos 77, 79 and No 81 (The King and Queen PH) form a group.
The group value note for No 81 (The King and Queen PH), High Street, Edenbridge, should now read
Nos 77, 79 and No 81 (The King and Queen PH) form a group.
EDENBRIDGE EDENBRIDGE 1. 5280 High street (East side) Nos 75 to 79 (odd) TQ 4446 12/413 II GV 2. C16 or earlier framed structure with oversailing 1st floor. 2 builds, the right part slightly lower. High pitched tiled roofs with rebuilt ridge stack. C19 tall central gabled dormer breaking eaves (No 77). 2 storeys, 3 windows in all. 1st floor tile hung and painted, ground floor rendered. No 75 has C19 casement on 1st floor and canted oriel shop front with glazing bars on ground floor. Diagonally set door on corner. No 77, under the gabled dormer, has plain small shop front and half glazed door. No 79 has C18 leaded iron casement on 1st floor; and 2 canted bay shop windows with glazing bars, and glazed door, on ground floor. All the ground floor treatment is modern but seemly. Nos 75 to 79 (odd) and No 81 (The King and Queen Public House form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ4442546077

Dendrochronology dating of the roof gave a date of 1476/7. (2)

Historic England archive material (3)

Wealden house with a formerly open 1-bay hall and overshot passage. There is evidence for a normal service plan. (4)


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 23, Pg. 57 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Historic England, Archive material associated with Farrington's bookshop, Edenbridge, Listed Building (Archive). SKE57164.

<4> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 23, Pg. 57.
<3>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Farrington's bookshop, Edenbridge, Listed Building.
<4>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.