Listed Building record TQ 83 NE 174 - OLD CLOTH WORKERS HALL

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1699. This was the dwelling-place and one of the workshops of the cloth workers who were numerous in Biddenden in the Middle Ages. Later the building was divided into 8 houses which were separated on the ground and 1st floors but were inter-connected in the attics. The whole is now one residence. Summary from record TQ 83 NE 6: The Old Cloth Hall, Biddenden, a long half-timbered range, tile-hung to the south and with various gables. It is obviously a composite building, of the 16th and 17th centuries. The east gable, with two overhangs, dated 1672, was the final addition. Clothworkers occupied it as workshops.

Location

Grid reference TQ 85110 38502 (point)
Map sheet TQ83NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

<1> OS 1:2500 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48216.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 33 (OS Card Reference). SKE40188.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 169 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37938.

<4> Newman, J., 1980, Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 169 (J Newman) (Monograph). SKE7817.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1974.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 33.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 169 (J Newman).
  • <4> Monograph: Newman, J.. 1980. Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald. Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 169 (J Newman).
  • <5>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20385 listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Aug 20 2021 1:43PM