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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 SE 182
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:SHARP'S HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1699

Grid Reference:TQ 8866 6229
Map Sheet:TQ86SE
Parish:BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1460 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1343885: SHARP'S HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN HEART'S DELIGHT (east side)
5/53 Sharp's House (formerly listed as 24.1.67 Mount Pleasant)
II
House. C17. Timber framed and exposed with painted brick infill on ground floor and plaster infill on first floor; thatched roof. Two storeys on plinth with hipped roof and stacks to centre left, and projecting at end left in red brick extention. Irregular fenestration of 3 mullioned wood casements on first floor and 1 wood casement and 1 glazing bar sash window with shutters on ground floor with board door to centre left.
Listing NGR: TQ8866462293 (1)

House of two medieval phases the earlier of which is the construction of a 2-bay open hall and parlour end with an end jetty. The second consists of major modifications of the earlier hall. The lower end was completely rebuilt in the late 16th century. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040280 SHARP'S HOUSE, BORDEN File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/083 Labelled sheet of drawings of Sharp's House, Borden, with a plan of the ground-floor, a cross-section and an crown-post elevation


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

<2> 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>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.