Listed Building record TR 05 SE 249 - MONKTON MANOR

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1732 End-jetty house with a formerly open 2-bay hall. Both ends are jettied with probably an overshot passagedating from late in the medieval period. Later alterations

Location

Grid reference TR 0688 5280 (point)
Map sheet TR05SE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 05 SE CHILHAM MOUNTAIN STREET (east side)
4/17 No.6 Monkton Manor (formerly listed as'Herons Way and 27.ll.57 Cottage adjoining')
GV II
Hall house. C15 and C18.Timber framed and partly clad in painted brick with painted rubble plinth; plain tile roof. 2 storeys with end jetties, and hipped roof with large stack centre left and stack rear-right. 3 bays, with screens passage (?) now with inserted stack. Central bay ground floor rebuilt in painted brick, with first-floor joists at higher level than 2 side bays, suggesting infilled and ceiled-over central recessed hall of "Wealden" house. Irregular fenestration of 3 casement windows. C20 plank door centre left. Rear wing: early C18 red brick, with hipped plain tile roof. 2 storeys with plinth and plat band and stack to right. Two windows to each floor, wood casements, with segmental heads to ground floor.
Listing NGR: TR0706153325 (1)

Description from record TR 05 SE 53:
End-jetty house dating from late in the medieval period. Later alterations

End-jetty house with a formerly open 2-bay hall. Both ends are jettied with probably an overshot passage (2)

Historic England archive material: RCH01/048/01/193 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Monkton Manor, Chilham BF008830 MONKTON MANOR, CHILHAM


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20530 Listed Building, ]
  • <2> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Nov 16 2023 3:55PM