Listed Building record TQ 76 SW 393 - THE MANOR HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 7045 6395 (point)
Map sheet TQ76SW
County KENT
Civil Parish HALLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HALLING CP HIGH sTRihl2 TQ 76 SW 13/55 West side 24.1.85 Nos 122 and 124 (The Manor House) GV II
Wealden hall-house. C15 with early C19 and early to mid C19 exterior. Brick walls, north wing of red brick and south wing also with blue headers. Hipped tiled roofs; brick stacks. Front elevation of north wing with window to lefthand below and to righthand above, both with rubbed brick heads and the latter above recessed doorway with cast-iron fanlight and door of six moulded and fielded panels. South wing with lower eaves line; lefthand bay with dormer with sloping roof and window below and righthand bay with window above and below. Further doorway in south return elevation. Interior: 3 bays of original Wealden hall remain, namely upper hall bay, most of low bay and front parlour, the latter with plain, heavy joists and one bracket; halved and bridled scarf on rear wall plate; part of upper section of hall window visible; one end of hall partion complete; moulded dais beam. Most of smoke-blackened hall roof complete, including moulded octagonal crown-post with capital and base on ogee and hollow- moulded tie-beam. Probably early C17 inserted floor in low bay of open hall. Thought to be the main house of the Bishop of Rochester's Manor of Halling.
Listing NGR: TQ7045863959 (1)

Mainly a 17th and 19th century building containing part of a formerly open 2-bay hall and parlour end of a Wealden house. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040393 122-124 HIGH STREET, HALLING File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/399 Labelled sheet of drawings of 122-124 High Street, Lower Halling, with a ground-floor plan and tie-beam and dais beam profiles


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

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Oct 16 2024 12:14PM