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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 73 NE 291 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | SHEPHERDS |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1732. A 16th century cloth hall refronted in the early 18th century, now a house. The building is of two storeys. The front block is of brick, on an ashlar base, featuring brick pilasters to a brick parapet, which hides a tiled roof. The front also has a regular five window range, with a central entrance. To the rear are timber framed 16th century wings. Details of the timber framing and patterned plaster are visible in the interior.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 77325 35994 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ73NE |
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| Parish: | CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- CLOTH HALL (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1336920: SHEPHERDS |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 73 NE 14 :
(TQ 77323599) Shepherds (NAT) (1) Shepherds, High Street, Cranbrook. Grade II*. Cloth hall, now house. C16, refronted in early C18. Timber framed to rear with front block of red brick an ashlar base. (2) [For full description see list]. Shepherds is two storey with an early 18th century front of five bays in pinkish-grey and red brick. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CRANBROOK HIGH STREET TQ 7736 SW & TQ 7735 NW (north side) 9/172 & 11/172 Shepherds 9.6.52 GV II*
Cloth hall, now house. C16, refronted in early C18. Timber framed to rear with front block of red brick on ashlar base. Moulded wooden cornice on end brick pilasters to brick parapet hiding tiled roof. End stacks. 2 storeys. Regular 5 window front, glazing bar sashes with gauged heads, those on first floor under cut brick lintels. Central entrance with panelled door and transom light over. Wooden architrave surround with flat hood on brackets. Large timber framed C16 wings to rear, now truncated. Listing NGR: TQ7732535994 (4)
Martin D & Martin B, 2003, An archaeological interpretative survey of Shepherds Hall (Unpublished document). SKE53927.
<1> OS 1:2500 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48212.
<2> DOE(HHR) Tunbridge Wells Dist Kent (Cranbrook Ph) 19 May 1986 60 (OS Card Reference). SKE41211.
<3> Bldgs of Eng (Ed N Pevsner) W Kent and the Weald 1980 245 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37692.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Unpublished document: Martin D & Martin B. 2003. An archaeological interpretative survey of Shepherds Hall. |
| <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1970. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Tunbridge Wells Dist Kent (Cranbrook Ph) 19 May 1986 60. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng (Ed N Pevsner) W Kent and the Weald 1980 245 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #38053 house, ] |
