Listed Building record TR 04 NW 139 - KEMPS HALL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1999. 16th century house, altered in the 17th century

Location

Grid reference TR 0345 4671 (point)
Map sheet TR04NW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 04 NW BOUGHTON ALUPH HARVILLE ROAD (north side)
5/34 Kemps Hall
II
Manor House. C16 and C17 with C19 and C20 additions. Entrance front: C17 timber frame, clad in C19 red brick with plain tile hipped roof and stack to left. 2 storeys, regular fenestration of 3 windows. C19 margin light sash, on first floor, with C20 porch set between C20 bay windows on ground floor. Internal evidence shows this to be a late C17 lobby-entry wing, the now blocked entry to left of C20 bay window in front of the stack,added to an earlier close-studded structure which now forms the right hand bay, the whole now covered in one roof and one regular facade added in C19, originally with 2 projecting wings, now demolished. Right side elevation: timber framed and clad in brick, plain tile roof. 2 storeys on brick and ragstone plinth, with plat band, hipped roof and 2 end stacks. The left hand bay is covered by the higher roof of the entrance front. Internal evidence shows this bay to be of a different separate build from the rest of this facade, and has a C16 stair newell exposed in garret. Rear elevations are C18 and C19, and include a mid C19 school-house,weather boarded with plain tile roof. 1 storey, 4 windows.
Listing NGR: TR0345746718 (1)

Description from record TR 04 NW 80:
GII Med Manor House

Historic England archive material: BF008747 KEMPS HALL, BOUGHTON ALUPH


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

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  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21933 Listed Building, ]

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Record last edited

Nov 9 2023 2:38PM