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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 44 NW 10 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Great Browns moated site |
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Summary
Medieval moated manor house, first documented during the early C13, in ruins by 1710. The moat has been partly filled in.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4242 4726 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ44NW |
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| Parish: | EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MANOR HOUSE (MANOR HOUSE, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1710 AD)
- MOAT (MOAT, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1200 AD to 1710 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 42434726] Moat (NR) (1) West of Edenbridge and west of Crouche (or Cross) House is the site of the manor house of the Browns within a moat. Jordan le Brun lived there about 1216. By 1710 only the moat remained, the house gradually having become a ruin. Another house was built called Great Browns, outside the moat (a). Crouche House became the manor house in the early nineteenth century but Great Browns remains. (2) Close to the east back of the Kent Brook is a small homestead moat; it is waterfilled, but is over-grown and in poor condition. No building remains were found, within the enclosed area: Great Browns has also disappeared. Published (25") survey correct. (3) Moat partly filled in to make fairway of golf course. (TQ 42434725) (4) Moat (NR) (5) The site of Browns Manor, Edenbridge was substantially destroyed in 1972 by bulldozers constructing the fairway of a new golf course (see survey). Sherds of medieval pottery were recovered. (6) TQ 42434726. Great Browns is listed as a moated site in the County checklist for Kent - December 1979. (7)
<1> OS 25" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48262.
<2> OS 6" 1st Edn 1870 (OS Card Reference). SKE48383.
<3> Edenbridge 1912 pp 111-117 (H L Somers-Cocks) (OS Card Reference). SKE41578.
<4> F1 ASP 21-DEC-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42218.
<5> SS Reviser Nov 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE49537.
<6> OS 1:10000 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48155.
<7> KAR 32 1973 34 (A Dell and M Godfrey) (OS Card Reference). SKE45296.
<8> Moated Sites Res Gp Rep no 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47271.
<9> Field report for monument TQ 44 NW 10 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2654.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1936. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1st Edn 1870. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Edenbridge 1912 pp 111-117 (H L Somers-Cocks). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21-DEC-62. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: SS Reviser Nov 1975. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1970. |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: KAR 32 1973 34 (A Dell and M Godfrey). |
| <8> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp Rep no 6 1979 46. |
| <9>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 44 NW 10 - December, 1962. [Mapped feature: #21094 moat, ] |
