Listed Building: BLACK CHARLES (1243688)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 26, 1090
Date assigned 10 September 1954
Date last amended

Description

1. 5280 SEAL UNDERRIVER Black Charles TQ 5552 26/1090 10.9.54. II* GV 2. Restored late mediaeval hall house, witn later C16 chimney and ceiling. 2 storeys and attic, irregular windows. High pitched tiled roof. Moulded wood eaves cornice. One gabled dormer. Tile hung 1st floor. Brick ground floor with stone plinth. Leased casement windows. Projecting 2-storey porch. Left extension formerly an outbuilding. Right extension, probably of C17, with random stone ground floor, tile hanging above. Sun assurance sign on eaves cornice. Inside mugh panelling: imported linenfold in left extension, plain Elizabethan in central room, Queen Anne period elsewhere. Much exposed timber including remains of screens passage; and carved crown post. Many assembly marks on timbers. Restored inglenook. Former jettied right end, with C16 window, vmsible inside C17 extension. Carved figure, possibly representing a thresher, on bay post in entrance hall. Black Charles, Outbuilding and Wall form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5552052406

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5552 5241 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SE
Civil Parish SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Sep 1 2010 9:38AM