Listed Building record TQ 83 NW 10 - Great Bachelors Hall
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 83265 38496 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ83NW |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Full Description
(TQ 83273849) Great Bachelors (NAT) (1) 5272 BIDDENDEN SISSINGHURST ROAD Great Bachelors Hall (formerly listed as Great Bachelors) TQ 83 NW 3/96 4.6.52. II* 2. This was built by the Allard family. However, in 1614, Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Allard married Thomas Bachelor and brought the house into the hands of the Bachelor family, after whom it is called. A C15 timber-framed and close-studded building with plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick and grey headers. Half-hipped tiled roof. Original casement windows on the 1st floor, 6 small and 2 large, with diamond-shaped leaded panes and old green glass. 2 modern casement windows to ground floor. (2)
Description from record TQ 83 NW 57:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BIDDENDEN SISSINGHURST ROAD 1. 5272 Great Bachelors Hall (formerly listed as Great Bachelors) TQ 83 NW 3/96 4.6.52. II*
2. This was built by the Allard family. However, in 1614, Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry Allard married Thomas Bachelor and brought the house into the hands of the Bachelor family, after whom it is called. A C15 timber-framed and close-studded building with plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick and grey headers. Half-hipped tiled roof. Original casement windows on the 1st floor, 6 small and 2 large, with diamond-shaped leaded panes and old green glass. 2 modern casement windows to ground floor.
Listing NGR: TQ8326638496 (3)
<1> OS 1:2500 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48215.
<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford, Kent Aug 1979 40 (OS Card Reference). SKE40204.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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Record last edited
Aug 20 2021 5:05PM