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Monument details

HER Number:TR 15 SW 22
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Kenfield Hall (18th c), Petham

Summary

Kenfield Hall (18th c) Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1710 to 1909


Grid Reference:TR 1197 5252
Map Sheet:TR15SW
Parish:PETHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1710 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1336559: KENFIELD HALL

Full description

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(TR 11965252) Kenfield Hall (NAT) (1) Kenfield Hall, Kenfield Road, Petham. Grade II*. The original portion of this mansion was built in circa 1730. Two storeys and attics. Plum and russet brick. Hipped tiled roof. (For full description see list). (2) Additional bibliography. (3)

Description from record TR 15 SW 73:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 PETHAM KENFIELD ROAD Petham
Kenfield Hall TR 15 SW 12/539 29.9.52
II* GV
2. The original portion of this mansion was built in circa 1730. Two storeys and attics. Plum and russet brick. Hipped tiled roof. Wooden modillion eaves cornice. Glazing bars intact. The main front faces north. Seven windows. The 3 centre window bays project with a pediment over containing a round-headed attic window. Brick stringcourse. Central doorcase with fluted pilasters, triglyph frieze and pediment. The wings have 2 windows and one pedimented dormer each. To the north-west is a long wing of 1909 of 7 windows in matching style. The east front has 3 windows and 3 dormers, the south front 5 windows and 3 dormers, the west front 3 windows and 3 dormers. The last has a doorway, now the main entrance, with pilasters, curved shell-headed hood and doors of 6-fielded panels at the head of 4 steps. Listing NGR: TR1197252520 (4)

Historic England archive material: OP29124 View of Kenfield Hall, Petham, from the north This print was accessioned by the National Monuments Record on 19th August 1968. The card on which it is mounted also includes printed text giving a brief history of the house.


<1> OS 1:2500 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48214.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent March 1980 176 (OS Card Reference). SKE40916.

<3> BOE NE and E Kent 1983 416 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38247.

<4> 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 1:2500 1972.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent March 1980 176.
<3>OS Card Reference: BOE NE and E Kent 1983 416 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #44077 Listed Building, ]