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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 NW 199 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | MILL HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1770 to 1810 Mill House circa 1790
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5450 6699 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56NW |
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| Parish: | FARNINGHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1770 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FARNINGHAM HIGH STREET 1. 5280 (south-west side) Mill House TQ 5466 10/124 1.8.52 II* GV
Circa 1790. Two storeys and attics, faced with buff bricks. Parapet. Mansard slate roof with 3 dormers. Three sashes with glazing bars intact. Two tripartite bow windows on both floors. Wide porch between with pediment, up 7 steps. Doorcase in this with side lights, elliptical fanlight and door of 6 moulded and fielded panels. Listing NGR: TQ5451266995 (1)
Description from record TQ 56 NW 49 :
(TQ 54546700) Mill House (NAT) (2) 5280 FARNINGHAM HIGH STREET (south-west side) Mill House TQ 5466 10/124 1.8.52 II* GV 2. Circa 1790. Two storeys and attics, faced with buff bricks. Parapet. Mansard slate roof with 3 dormers. Three sashes with glazing bars intact. Two tripartite bow windows on both floors. Wide porch between with pediment, up 7 steps. Doorcase in this with side lights, elliptical fanlight and door of 6 moulded and fielded panels. (3) Mill, a three bay 18th century house chimney stacks of grey brick towards the road and red brick at the sides. Information about the chimney stacks from Mr Gravett. (4)
The building was constructed in several phases with the earliest parts potentially dating from the mid 17th century. It was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. The front elevation was added in c.1782. (5)
In 2012 a building survey was carried out. (6)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:10000 1982 (OS Card Reference). SKE48168.
<3> DOE(HHR)Dist. of Sevenoaks, Kent. Oct. 1982 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE41394.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 284 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37986.
<5> Purcell Miller Tritton LLP, 2010, Farningham Mill Estate: Heritage Statement (Unpublished document). SKE25152.
<6> Lathams, 2012, Farningham Mill Estate: Level 1.5 Building Survey Report (Unpublished document). SKE25151.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31559 Building, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1982. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist. of Sevenoaks, Kent. Oct. 1982 46. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 284 (J Newman). |
| <5> | Unpublished document: Purcell Miller Tritton LLP. 2010. Farningham Mill Estate: Heritage Statement. |
| <6> | Unpublished document: Lathams. 2012. Farningham Mill Estate: Level 1.5 Building Survey Report. |
