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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 NW 37 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tonford Manor moat |
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Summary
Tonford Manor moat.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1249 5701 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15NW |
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| Parish: | THANINGTON WITHOUT, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Tonford Manor House and moat. C15th manor house. Some portion of the moat still remains, together with a gateway arch, and other masonry incorporated with the present house. |
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Full description
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(TR 12485704) Tonford Manor and remains of [NAT] Manor House [NR] Moat [NR]. (1) Thanington: Tuniford - the ancient mansion which stood here was well defended by a moat of which some portion still remains, together with a gateway arch, and other masonry incorporated with the present house. (2) Tonford Manor, remains of a 15th century moated and fortified manor house, incorporated in a Georgian farm house. Moat surveyed at 1/2500 scale. (3) Tonford Manor. The remains of a fortified C15 house which had 4 round towers built by Sir Thomas Browne Controller and treasurer to King Henry VI. The licence to crenellate was granted in 1449. This now has later timber-framed and C18 additions. The south-west side has a C15 gatehouse built of flint with a stone arch. (4) `Tonford Manor' is listed in the county checklist of moated sites in Kent-December 1979. (5) General Listing. (6)
<1> OS 6" 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48371.
<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 428 (IC Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50904.
<3> F1 ASP 09.02.65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42007.
<4> DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Dist of Bridge-Blean 1980 210-11 (OS Card Reference). SKE39969.
<5> Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 48 (CJ Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47286.
<6> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36150.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1962. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 428 (IC Gould). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 09.02.65. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Canterbury Dist of Bridge-Blean 1980 210-11. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 48 (CJ Bond). |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown). |
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