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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 83 NE 106
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WASHENDEN MANOR

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1599.

Grid Reference:TQ 86361 38306
Map Sheet:TQ83NE
Parish:BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1450 AD to 1599 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1299912: WASHENDEN MANOR

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BIDDENDEN DASHMONDEN ROAD 1. 5272 Washenden Manor TQ 83 NE 4/139 II 2. C16 or earlier timber-framed building with plaster infilling in the north-east wall but otherwise refronted with red brick and grey headers on the ground floor and tile hung above. Two storeys and attics. Half-hipped tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. Four casement windows with small square leaded panes. Pentice to rear of roof and L wing of sheds added. The moat surrounding the house survives intact. This was one of the original manors of Biddenden and a court was held here. The manor was originally held by Battle Abbey.
Listing NGR: TQ8636138306


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> MHLG 2414/11/A Tenterden RD Kent Feb 1956 20-1 (OS Card Reference). SKE47093.

<3> F1 ASP 11-FEB-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42051.

<4> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Biddenden Kent Aug 1979 22 (OS Card Reference). SKE39806.

<5> Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47261.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 83 NE 1 - February, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4313.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: MHLG 2414/11/A Tenterden RD Kent Feb 1956 20-1.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 11-FEB-63.
<4>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Biddenden Kent Aug 1979 22.
<5>OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46.
<6>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 83 NE 1 - February, 1963.