Listed Building record TQ 57 SE 1017 - CLOCK HOUSE (FLATS NOS 1 AND 2)

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1550 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 5856 7068 (point)
Map sheet TQ57SE
County KENT
District DARTFORD, KENT
Civil Parish DARENTH, DARTFORD, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 DARENTH GREEN STREET GREEN ROAD (south-west side) Green Street Green
Clock House (Flats Nos 1 and 2) TQ 57 SE 4/9 1.8.52
II
2. L-shaped building. The main or south-east wing has an C18 exterior to a C17 or earlier timber-framed building. Two storeys and attics, red brick. Tiled roof. Parapet and brick band above first floor windows. C17 or earlier chimneystacks. Three dormers. Six windows on the ground floor, 3 windows on the first floor. Glazing bars missing. Doorcase with pediment over on scrolled brackets. The north-east wing is a C19 addition of 2 storeys and 3 windows. To the rear of the north wing are the initials and dates IA1765, GS1765 and TP1765. The interior has good early C18 panelling with dado rail to hall and a room on the left has C17 mainscotting. Hasted's "History and Topographical Survey of Kent" (1778-1799) reveals that this house was at one time the home of Sir Edmund Davenport, Sheriff of Kent in 1694.
Listing NGR: TQ5858670676


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

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Apr 2 2013 1:46PM