Listed Building: THE GRASSHOPPER INN (1244020)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 35, 1355
Date assigned 16 January 1975
Date last amended

Description

1. 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM The Green (North Side) The Grasshopper Inn TQ 4454 35/1355 II GV 2. 2-storey 3-window building altered late C18 and early C19. Modern projecting public house front with rendered facade and Welsh slate roof. Covered way into yard to right with Inn signboard over. First floor. Red painted tile hanging. 3 sets of C19 casement windows. Moulded eaves board and bracketed gutter. Ridge tile roof with one end hipped. The whole elevational treatment masks a C16 or older framed structure. Rear elevation early C19 red brick with blue headers. Sash windows with glazing bars. Roof ridges at right angles to road. Inside old bar fittings including rare pink Wedgwood beer handles. Historic Associations. The Grasshopper Inn takes its name from the grasshopper incorporated in the crest of the Gresham family who owned the Manor of Westerham from the time of Henry VIII till the late C17. Nos 1 to 3 (consec) and the Grasshopper Public House form a group. Listing NGR: TQ4467354052

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 4467 5405 (point)
Map sheet TQ45SW
Civil Parish WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 10:25AM