Listed Building: MILTON CHANTRY (1089047)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 742, 2, 13
Date assigned 23 January 1952
Date last amended

Description

1. 5277 COMMERCIAL PLACE (East Side) Milton Chantry TQ 6574 SW 2/13 23.1.52. II* 2. The property of Gravesend Corporation. The Chantry chapel is all that remains of the leper hospital of Milton which was founded by Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke, about 1322. This was converted into a dwelling at the Reformation and became a public house called the New Tavern in the C18. It was restored in 1852 and 1862 and again recently. The east wall is of flints. The remainder of the exterior has been rebuilt or encased in brown brick in the C19. Tiled roof. Restored window of Early English type in the east wall. C17 chimneystack. The interior contains a C14 arch-braced roof on the 1st floor and a stone fireplace with blank spandrels. Similar C14 arch-braced roof on the 2nd floor. There are the remains of a cross-wing 3 bays with Queen post roof. Listing NGR: TQ6525474338

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6525 7433 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SE
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2006 5:18PM