Listed Building: BLACK CHARLES (1243688)
Grade | II* |
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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
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5552 5241 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ55SE |
Civil Parish | SEAL, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Sep 1 2010 9:38AM