Listed Building record TR 05 SE 165 - ELEPHANT HOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TR 0690 5346 (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 0653-0753             CHILHAM
7/48                                      Elephant House                                           (Annagh House on Map)
GV                                        II
Elephant house, now house.  Late C18, altered C19.  Red brick and tile roof.  Two storeys and attics, with 2 gabled dormers end stacks to left and right.  Two stone mullioned windows, board door in gabled porch to right.  Two 2-storey ashlared and keyed arches, now blocked, originally entrances for keeping of elephants used on the estate c. 1800.
Listing NGR: TR0690853468 (1)
Description from record TR 05 SE 68:
Listed building : no additional information available
Elephant house built in the late 18th century and altered in the 19th century. Built of red brick and with a tile roof. Two storeyed ashlared and keyed arches, now blocked, originally entrances for keeping of elephants used on the estate. Now houses. (2)
Historic England archive material: BF008781	CHILHAM CASTLE, CHILHAM
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Thacker, C., 1987, Register of parks and gardens of special historic interest in England: part 24 (Kent) (Article in serial). SWX7605.
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Record last edited
Nov 10 2023 10:44AM