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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) |
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Map sheet | TQ83NE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
Map
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> SKE48216 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1974.
- <2> SKE40188 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 33.
- <3> SKE37938 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 169 (J Newman).
- <4> SKE7817 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 SKE16160 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