Listed Building record TQ 66 NE 155 - COBHAM COLLEGE

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1824. College 1362 (rems. of); almshouses 1598. Founded in 1362 by Sir John de Cobham as a chantry for 5 priests. Surrendered to the Crown in 1539. Refounded as almshouses by the will of a later Lord Cobham and completed in 1598.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6696 6834 (point)
Map sheet TQ66NE
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT
Civil Parish COBHAM, GRAVESHAM, KENT

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<1> OS 6" 1939 (OS Card Reference). SKE48359.

<2> Biblio Topo Brit vol 1 No VI pt 1 1780-90 3-11 (OS Card Reference). SKE37651.

<3> VCH Kent Vol 2 1926 231 (OS Card Reference). SKE51207.

<4> Md Rel Houses Eng & Wales 328 (Knowles & Hadcock) (OS Card Reference). SKE46687.

<5> Arch Cant vol 27 1905 64-109 Illust (OS Card Reference). SKE36389.

<6> Country Life vol 95 Jan-Apl 1944 244-7 (C Hussey) (OS Card Reference). SKE39471.

<7> F1 CFW 07.07.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42458.

<8> The New College of Cobham in the Co of Kent (pamphlet) June 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE50445.

<9> F2 CFW 31.08.59 (OS Card Reference). SKE43293.

<10> Arch Cant 79 1964 109-20 plan plates (PJ Tester) (OS Card Reference). SKE35655.

<11> DOE(HHR)Dist of Strood RD Kent May 1960 6 (OS Card Reference). SKE41358.

<12> DOE(HHR)Bor of Gravesham 1983 8 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE41224.

<13> Med Arch 8 1964 242 (DM Wilson and DG Hurst) (OS Card Reference). SKE46770.

<14> Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 6 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3495.

<15> Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 6 - August, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3496.

<16> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 1992, Cobham College Gardens, Stonehouse Yard, Cobham (Unpublished document). SKE6752.

<17> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2002, An Historical Building Record of the Roofs Covering the North, South and West Ranges of New College (Unpublished document). SKE8249.

<18> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<19> Historic England, Archive material associated with Cobham College, Listed Building (Archive). SKE53866.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1939.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Biblio Topo Brit vol 1 No VI pt 1 1780-90 3-11.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: VCH Kent Vol 2 1926 231.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Md Rel Houses Eng & Wales 328 (Knowles & Hadcock).
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant vol 27 1905 64-109 Illust.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Country Life vol 95 Jan-Apl 1944 244-7 (C Hussey).
  • <7> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 07.07.59.
  • <8> OS Card Reference: The New College of Cobham in the Co of Kent (pamphlet) June 1958.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 31.08.59.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 79 1964 109-20 plan plates (PJ Tester).
  • <11> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Strood RD Kent May 1960 6.
  • <12> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Bor of Gravesham 1983 8 9.
  • <13> OS Card Reference: Med Arch 8 1964 242 (DM Wilson and DG Hurst).
  • <14> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 6 - July, 1959.
  • <15> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 66 NE 6 - August, 1959.
  • <16> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 1992. Cobham College Gardens, Stonehouse Yard, Cobham.
  • <17> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2002. An Historical Building Record of the Roofs Covering the North, South and West Ranges of New College.
  • <18>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27132 Almshouses, ]
  • <19> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Cobham College, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Intrusive Event: CHANTRY COLLEGE (Ref: EI 14859) (EKE3876)
  • Intrusive Event: Excavation at Cobham College Gardens, Stonehouse Yard, Cobham (EKE4984)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at New College, Cobham (Ref: BRNCC-01) (EKE5991)

Record last edited

Jun 15 2021 3:26PM