Monument record TQ 83 NW 1 - Sissinghurst Castle

Summary

The site of a medieval moated manor house, also the site of a chapel, later Sissinghurst Castle, a Tudor courtyard house. The site was used to house prisoners of war in the 18th century and as a workhouse in the late 18th and early 19th century. It was used as a farm in the 19th century before becoming a house with associated gardens in the 20th century.

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Grid reference TQ 8085 3831 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ83NW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CRANBROOK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.

<2> Country Life 28.8.1942 410-12 (illusts) (V Sackville-West) (OS Card Reference). SKE39423.

<3> Country Life 4.9.1942 458-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE39429.

<4> Country Life 11.9.1942 506-9 (OS Card Reference). SKE39382.

<5> F1 ASP 19.10.62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42177.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 83 NW 1 - October, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4316.

<7> PRINCIPAL BUILDING AT SISSINGHURST CASTLE FROM SOUTH EAST (Photograph). SKE2600.

<8> GATE HOUSE AT SISSINGHURST CASTLE FROM SOUTH EAST (Photograph). SKE2601.

<9> Archaeology South-East, 2008, An Archaeological Evaluation at Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE15641.

<10> Archaeology South-East, 2011, Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent: Conservation Management Plan volume 3 (Unpublished document). SKE25133.

<11> Historic England, Archive material associated with Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook (Archive). SKE54154.

<12> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<13> Kent Workhouses


© 2017 Kent Workhouses, 2018, Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses (Website). SKE51755.

Sources/Archives (13)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1909.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Country Life 28.8.1942 410-12 (illusts) (V Sackville-West).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Country Life 4.9.1942 458-61.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Country Life 11.9.1942 506-9.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 19.10.62.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 83 NW 1 - October, 1962.
  • <7> Photograph: PRINCIPAL BUILDING AT SISSINGHURST CASTLE FROM SOUTH EAST. OS62/F294/8. Black and White. Negative.
  • <8> Photograph: GATE HOUSE AT SISSINGHURST CASTLE FROM SOUTH EAST. OS62/F294/7. Black and White. Negative.
  • <9> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2008. An Archaeological Evaluation at Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst, Kent.
  • <10>XY Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2011. Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent: Conservation Management Plan volume 3. [Mapped feature: #26740 castle site, ]
  • <11> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook.
  • <12> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
  • <13> Website: Kent Workhouses  © 2017 Kent Workhouses. 2018. Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses.

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Related Events/Activities (8)

  • Intrusive Event: Evaluation at Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst (Ref: ASE 3474 SIS08) (EKE10008)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Geophysical survey at Sissinghurst Castle (EKE13142)
  • Intrusive Event: Survey of the Great Barn, Sissinghurst Castle, 1994 (EKE10131)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Sissinghurst Castle (EKE10919)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at Sissinghurst Castle, Sissinghurst (Ref: Proj No. 3600) (EKE10132)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at the boat house and moat wall, Sissinghurst Castle, 2000 (EKE19606)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching brief at the Frogmead, Sissinghurst Castle Gardens (EKE10460)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at the Great Barn, Sissinghurst Castle, 1995 (EKE20894)

Record last edited

Aug 20 2021 3:03PM