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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 85 NE 69 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | BEXON MANOR |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1974 15th/17th c
| Grid Reference: | TQ 88984 59477 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ85NE |
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| Parish: | BREDGAR, SWALE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Description from record TQ 85 NE 5:
[TQ 88975948] Manor House [NR] (1) "Bexon [in Bredgar parish] is a remarkably fine timber house of the 15th to 17th centuries". (2) Bexon has the date 1617 on the gable. (3) Manor House, a private residence, is as described above, and is in an excellent state of preservation. See APs AO/62/228/6 from SE; /7 from WNW. (4) Bexon Manor house, Grade II*, Bexon. 15th c and altered in 1617. (For full description see list) (5) Additional bibliography. (6) Bexon Manor. An impressive and well-preserved timber-framed house. (7)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 85 NE BREDGAR
BEXON
7/13 Bexon Manor 27.8.52 GV II*
Manor house. C15 and altered 1617. Timber framed, close-studded with middle rail, exposed with colour washed plaster infill. Plain tiled roof. Two storeys and attic on plinth with continuous jetty, the C15 left end bay with a dragon post. Hipped roof with gablet left and large barge-boarded gable offcentre dated: WE1617G with 3 light mullioned window. Stack to centre right. Irregular fenestration of wood mullioned oriel windows on first floor to right and in off-centre gable, and segmental bay windows to right and centre on ground floor. Plank and stud door to left in gabled and ornamented porch with balustraded open lights. The rear range much extended with re-used framing. c. 1954. Interior: panelling, overmantels, dated W.E.G. 1617 and EC. 1619. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 158; illus: English Vernacular Houses, E. Mercer). Listing NGR: TQ8898459478 (11)
HE Archive material: OP24936 View of Bexon Manor from the west
<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.
<2> Kent 1935 70 (JC Cox) (OS Card Reference). SKE45699.
<3> Donn Archit of Eng 2 1929 160 1 illust (Garner and Stratton) (OS Card Reference). SKE41488.
<4> F1 ASP 29-OCT-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42350.
<5> DOE(HHR) Boro of Swale Kent 27 Nov 1984 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE40841.
<6> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1984 153 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37830.
<7> F2 MJF 18-MAR-86 (OS Card Reference). SKE43347.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 85 NE 5 - October, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4398.
<9> Field report for monument TQ 85 NE 5 - March, 1986 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4399.
<10> BEXON MANOR AT BREDGAR FROM WEST NORTH WEST (Photograph). SKE2610.
<11> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Kent 1935 70 (JC Cox). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Donn Archit of Eng 2 1929 160 1 illust (Garner and Stratton). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 29-OCT-62. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of Swale Kent 27 Nov 1984 23. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1984 153 (J Newman). |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: F2 MJF 18-MAR-86. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 NE 5 - October, 1962. |
| <9> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 NE 5 - March, 1986. |
| <10> | Photograph: BEXON MANOR AT BREDGAR FROM WEST NORTH WEST. OS62/F228/7. Black and White. Negative. |
| <11>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33220 Listed building, ] |
