Listed Building: GATE HOUSES AND GATEWAY TO CHILHAM CASTLE (1362754)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 123, 7, 30
Date assigned 13 August 1984
Date last amended

Description

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

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0679 5357 (point)
Map sheet TR05SE
Civil Parish CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 9:59AM