Listed Building record TR 04 SW 146 - THE COLLEGE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 0106 4270 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR04SW |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (5)
- COLLEGE OF SECULAR PRIESTS (COLLEGE OF SECULAR PRIESTS, Medieval - 1461 AD? to 1490 AD)
- VICARAGE (Partly demolished in the 18th century, Medieval to Modern - 1490 AD? to 2050 AD)
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1461 AD to 1461 AD)
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- COLLEGE OF SECULAR PRIESTS (Medieval to Modern - 1461 AD to 2050 AD)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5344 THE CHURCHYARD (East Side) The College TR 0142 NW 1/48 24.9.51. II* GV 2. Founded in the reign of Edward IV as the Vicarage, but moot of this building was demolished in the C18. L-shaped building. The north wing is timber framed with plaster infill. 2 storeys. Tiled roof with eaves cornice. 3 modern casement windows. The west wing dates from the C18. 2 storeys red brick. Cornice and parapet, 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. Painted wooden doorcase with pediment, rusticated pilasters and 6 panel door.
All the items in the Churchyard form a group, together with Nos 51 to 61 (odd) 61A, 63 to 67 (odd). 67A, 69 to 71 (odd). 75 and the rear part of No 75. High Street.
Listing NGR: TR0106142703 (9)
Description from record TR 04 SW 7 :
[TR 01054269] The College [NAT] on site of [NAT] COLLEGE (NR) (1)
A secular college was founded at Ashford temp. Edward IV. The foundation was not properly completed and the college was dissolved soon after 1503. (2)
Most of the building was demolished in the C18th from which date the west wing of the present building, in the Churchyard, dates. The north wing is timber framed with a plastered front. (3)
The only visible remains of this College, now the Vicarage, are (i) the heavily restored timber framing of the W face of the N wing, (ii) a stone chimney breast in the NE corner of the same wing and (iii) the fragmentary remains of a stone arch, possibly in situ, between the N side of the N wing and the S side of the adjoining church hall. In the garden there are a number of moulded fragments and the N wall of the vicarage incorporates a stretch of stone walling, flint garretted. (4)
5344 The Churchyard (East Side) TR 0142 NW 1/48 24.9.51 The College II* GV 2. Founded in the reign of Edward IV as the Vicarage, but most of this building was demolished in the C18. L-shaped building. The north wing is timber-framed with plaster infill. 2 storeys. Tiled roof with eaves cornice. 3 modern casement windows. The west wing dates from the C18. 2 storeys red brick. Cornice and parapet, 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. Painted wooden doorcase with pediment, rusticated pilasters and 6 panel door. TR 0142 NW 1/48A Wall to south-west of The College. II GV 2. C18 red brick wall with some grey headers, about 10 feet in height. All the items in the Churchyard form a group, together with Nos. 51 to 61 (odd) 61A, 63 to 67 (odd) 67A, 69 to 71 (odd) 75 and the rear part of No 75, High Street. (5)
The College, in the south-east corner of the churchyard is a plain C18th red-brick block and a close studded half timbered house with at the left end the jambs of a medieval stone doorway. The Vicarage was built on this side in the reign of Edward IV. (6)
Ashford, St Mary: a secular college, confirmation granted in c.1467. It is said that the foundation was not legally completed. Dissolved soon after 1503. (7)
Description from record TR 04 SW 78 :
Listed building : no additional information available
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5344 THE CHURCHYARD (East Side) The College TR 0142 NW 1/48 24.9.51. II* GV 2. Founded in the reign of Edward IV as the Vicarage, but moot of this building was demolished in the C18. L-shaped building. The north wing is timber framed with plaster infill. 2 storeys. Tiled roof with eaves cornice. 3 modern casement windows. The west wing dates from the C18. 2 storeys red brick. Cornice and parapet, 3 sashes with glazing bars intact. Painted wooden doorcase with pediment, rusticated pilasters and 6 panel door.
All the items in the Churchyard form a group, together with Nos 51 to 61 (odd) 61A, 63 to 67 (odd). 67A, 69 to 71 (odd). 75 and the rear part of No 75. High Street.
Listing NGR: TR0106142703 (9)
Historic England archive material(10)
<1> OS 1/1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48117.
<2> Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 325 (Knowles & Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46781.
<3> MHLG (787/11/A Dec 1949) 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE47029.
<4> F1 CFW 10-MAY-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE42515.
<5> DOE(HHR)Ashford Dist Kent June 1976 17 (OS Card Reference). SKE41223.
<6> Bldgs of Kent W Kent & the Weald 1980 135 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38178.
<7> Md Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1971 413 420 (D Knowles & Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46686.
<8> Field report for monument TR 04 SW 7 - May, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5176.
<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<10> Historic England, Archive material associated with The College, Ashford, Listed Building (Archive). SKE54484.
Sources/Archives (10)
- <1> SKE48117 OS Card Reference: OS 1/1250 1958.
- <2> SKE46781 OS Card Reference: Med Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1953 325 (Knowles & Hadcock).
- <3> SKE47029 OS Card Reference: MHLG (787/11/A Dec 1949) 6.
- <4> SKE42515 OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 10-MAY-1963.
- <5> SKE41223 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Ashford Dist Kent June 1976 17.
- <6> SKE38178 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Kent W Kent & the Weald 1980 135 (J Newman).
- <7> SKE46686 OS Card Reference: Md Rel Houses Eng & Wales 1971 413 420 (D Knowles & Hadcock).
- <8> SKE5176 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 SW 7 - May, 1963.
- <9>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20777 Listed building, ]
- <10> SKE54484 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with The College, Ashford, Listed Building.
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Record last edited
Nov 10 2021 5:07PM