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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 44 NW 5
Type of record:Monument
Name:Stangrave manor house

Summary

Medieval moated manor house. The house no longer survives, but the moat is visible as a slight earthwork. The site is now occupied by a 19th century house.

Grid Reference:TQ 4414 4623
Map Sheet:TQ44NW
Parish:EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Full description

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[TQ 4415 4623] The manor house of Edenbridge, "stood a few yards west of the present High Street, but a part of the moat is all that can now be seen." The manor was later known as Stangrave. (1) The O.S. 6" 1870 shows the waterfilled western and southern arms of the moat around a building pre-dating the present nineteenth century 'Manor House'. Of this building not a trace remains; the line of the moat can however be seen in the lawns as a slight depression. A stretch of water immediately north of the present house, is probably a part of the northern arm. The present owners could offer no information about the site. Published survey (25" undated) correct. (2) The Manor House, Edenbridge is not listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (3)


<1> Arch. Cant. vol.31, 1915, p.LXIV (H.L. Somers Cocks) (OS Card Reference). SKE37110.

<2> F1 ASP 21-DEC-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42218.

<3> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47247.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 44 NW 5 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2650.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Arch. Cant. vol.31, 1915, p.LXIV (H.L. Somers Cocks).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21-DEC-62.
<3>OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 (ed C J Bond).
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 44 NW 5 - December, 1962.