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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NW 114 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | WALL AND ENTRANCE GATE TO CHIDDINGSTONE CASTLE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832 19th century wall and gate to Chiddingstone Castle. The gatehouse is located on the east and on the south side. The buttressed garden wall curves away to the south west, to a Gothic stone orangery.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 50036 45161 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NW |
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| Parish: | CHIDDINGSTONE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- GATE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 2050 AD)
- GATE PIER (Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 2050 AD)
- WALL (Post Medieval to Modern - 1801 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 CHIDDINGSTONE CHIDDINGSTONE High Street (Souuth Side) Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle TQ 5045 7/203 10.9.54.
II GV
2. Early Cl9 gateway with square stone piers with ornamental carved and moulded stone "Gothic" abaci. supporting screen walls on either side of local ashlar stonework with moulded coping. Ornamental cast and wrought iron gates with monogram above. Nos 1 to 4 (consec), No 6, The Castle Inn and the Gate to Chiddingstone Castle form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5003645162 (1)
[Sited to TQ 4985 4514 from H.H.R. map] Wall and Entrance Gate to Chiddingstone Castle (TQ 44 NE 8), Grade II,High Street (south side). Early 19th century gateway with supporting screen walls on either side. (For full description see list.) (1) Chiddingstone Castle gatehouse, situated on the east and on the south side. The best feature of the castle is the buttressed garden wall curving away to the south west, to a Gothic stone orangery. (2)
additional information (3-4)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> J Newman, 1980, OS card / NAR index entry, The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 214 (Bibliographic reference). SKE7763.
<3> 1975, OS card / NAR index entry, DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1975 62 (Bibliographic reference). SKE7762.
<4> 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
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| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30475 gate, ] |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: J Newman. 1980. OS card / NAR index entry. The Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 214. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: 1975. OS card / NAR index entry. DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1975 62. |
| <4> | Article in serial: Thacker, C.. 1987. Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: part 24 (Kent). |
