Listed Building record TR 04 NE 139 - THE WHEEL HOUSE (JUNIOR COMMON ROOM) WALLS AND GATES ATTACHED

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1999 15th century, restored and extended 20th century

Location

Grid reference TR 0549 4683 (point)
Map sheet TR04NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish WYE WITH HINXHILL, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TR 04 NE 45 :
(TR0554680 Wye College [NAT] (1) Wye College, the Wheel House (Junior Common Room) walls and gates attached. Brewhouse, now common room. 15th c restored and extended (walls etc) 20th c Ragstone rubble with plain tiled roof. Single storey rectangular block with hipped roof with stack to west side and louvre dormers. (Listed grade II*) [Full archaeological description] (2) Triple arched window to raod front (south). Interior with roof of 2 large plain corwn posts braced to ties and to collar purlin. On the road front are a rubble wall to left, about 5 feet high, some 40 yards long to the Latin School, with arched gateway and stepped gable. To righ an iron gate in four centred arched gateway with label hood and raised surround. Beyond an early C20 hipped outhouse of rubble with tiled roof. (3)

Listing NGR: TR0549046827

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0446 0546 WYE HIGH STREET (north side)
8/265 The Wheel House 27.11.57 (Junior Common Room) walls and gates attached
GV II*
Brewhouse, now common room. C15, restored and extended (walls etc) C20. Ragstone rubble with plain tiled roof. Single storey rectangular block with hipped roof with stack to west side and louvre-dormers. Triple arched window to road front (south). Interior with roof of 2 large plain crown posts braced to ties and to collar purlin. On the road front are a rubble wall to left, about 5 feet high, some 30 yards long to the Latin School, with arched gateway and stepped gable. To right an iron gate in four centred arched gateway with label hood and raised surround. Beyond an early C20 hipped outhouse. of rubble with tiled roof.
Listing NGR: TR0549046827 (4)


<1> OS 1: 10000 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48134.

<2> DOE (HHR) District of Ashford, 16th February 1989 (115) (OS Card Reference). SKE40485.

<3> English Heritage Listed Buildings online (OS Card Reference). SKE41618.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1: 10000 1980.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) District of Ashford, 16th February 1989 (115).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: English Heritage Listed Buildings online.
  • <4> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (2)

Related Events/Activities (0)

Record last edited

Apr 26 2024 12:26PM