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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 238 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | GATE HOUSES AND GATEWAY TO CHILHAM CASTLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1912 to 1932. Gate houses, wall and gateway to Chilham Castle built circa 1922 to designs by Sir Herbert Baker
| Grid Reference: | TR 6068 1536 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0653-0753 CHILHAM THE SQUARE (south-west side)
7/30 Gate Houses and gateway to Chilham Castle
GV II
Gate houses and gateway. Circa 1922. Sir Herbert Baker. Two identical gate houses. Red brick, ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. Two storeys on plinth, moulded stone cornice to ground floor, plat band to first floor and gable with ball finials, and ashlar quoins. 3 light stone mullion window on first floor, 4 light stone mullion on ground floor. Entrance in side front (within gates). Each gatehouse with brick wall 10 feet to gate, with plank door in 4 centred arched opening, to brick gate pier on weathered stone plinth surmounted by large stone urn; the cornice from the the house carried over both wall and gate pier. Gates:heavy solid boarding with spearheaded spikes along ridge. Walls:attached to left and right of gatehouses, 7 feet high, 7 feet in length, with coping tiles to right hand section, oversailing brick courses on left hand section.
Listing NGR: TR0678953580 (1)
Gate houses, wall and gateway to Chilham Castle built circa 1922 to designs by Sir Herbert Baker. Two identical gate houses of red brick with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. (2)
Historic England archive material: BF008781 CHILHAM CASTLE, CHILHAM
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Thacker, C., 1987, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: part 24 (Kent) (Article in serial). SWX7605.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21300 Listed Building, ] |
| <2> | Article in serial: Thacker, C.. 1987. Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: part 24 (Kent). |
