Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 39 - Chillington House, Maidstone

Summary

Elizabethan house, with 17th century additions and 19th century reconstructions, now the Maidstone Municipal Museum and Art Gallery. The timber-framed building to the east of the north wing was the south wing of Court Lodge, East Farleigh, which was re-erected here in 1874. The core is an early Elizabethan house built by Nicholas Barham who bought the manor in 1561. Heavily restored in 1875 it has later additions. Summary from record TQ 75 NE 708: Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1561 to 1974

Location

Grid reference TQ 7589 5600 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (4)

Full Description

<1> OS 1:1250 1957 (OS Card Reference). SKE48175.

<2> MHLG 1368/11/A Maidstone MB Nov 1949 14 (OS Card Reference). SKE47073.

<3> F1 ASP 25.02.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42271.

<4> DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Area Kent 2.8.74 31 (OS Card Reference). SKE40283.

<5> Bldgs of Eng West Kent & the Weald 1980 402 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38035.

<6> Arch Cant 74 1960 194 (L R A Grove) (OS Card Reference). SKE35562.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 38 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3809.

<7> Lawson-Price Environmental, 1994, Desk based assessment of land around the Fremlins Brewery for Whitbread Development Ltd (Unpublished document). SKE6889.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 38 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3809.

<9> Compass Archaeology, 2008, Maidstone Museum Conservation Statement, Gazeteer 3.09 Maidstone Museum Chapel (Unpublished document). SKE16104.

<10> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (11)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1957.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: MHLG 1368/11/A Maidstone MB Nov 1949 14.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 25.02.64.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Area Kent 2.8.74 31.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng West Kent & the Weald 1980 402 (J Newman).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 74 1960 194 (L R A Grove).
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 38 - February, 1964.
  • <7> Unpublished document: Lawson-Price Environmental. 1994. Desk based assessment of land around the Fremlins Brewery for Whitbread Development Ltd.
  • <8> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 75 NE 38 - February, 1964.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Compass Archaeology. 2008. Maidstone Museum Conservation Statement, Gazeteer 3.09 Maidstone Museum Chapel.
  • <10>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #19207 Building, ]

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief: Maidstone Museum Chapel (EKE10429)

Record last edited

Jul 7 2021 7:18PM