Listed Building: PILLAR BOX HOUSE (1258568)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 18, 597
Date assigned 10 September 1954
Date last amended

Description

1. KEMSING HEAVERHAM 5280 Pillar Box House TQ 5758 18/597 10.9.54. II 2. C15 or early C16 hall house. Exposed framing on south front shows left, centre and one right bay of house, but a further right bay seems to have been removed. Old tiled roof has overhanging eaves with plastered coved soffit. Arch brace at right leads to bressummer. Some plaster and some painted brick filling. Left bay tile hung on overhanging lst floor. 2 storeys, 3 windows, mostly Cl9 casements. West front shows extension probably of later Cl6. Visible framing with brick filling on 1st floor. Rubble masonry with brick dressings below. Curious brickwork at left has 4 arched niches on stone foundation, possibly remnants of ovens. Cl8 and Cl9 additions and modern restorations. Listing NGR: TQ5708458794

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5708 5879 (point)
Map sheet TQ55NE
Civil Parish KEMSING, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 10:25AM