TQ 56 SW 150 - THE GATEHOUSE TO LULLINGSTONE CASTLE

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Listed Building record TQ 56 SW 150 - THE GATEHOUSE TO LULLINGSTONE CASTLE

Summary

Grade I listed building. Main construction periods 1550 to 1599. The extant outer gatehouse of Lullingstone Castle. Originally believed to have been built in the early or late 16th century, it now seems that it may have been built earlier in 1497 by Sir John Peche as part of his new house. The south-west turret was rebuilt in the 1960s after being damaged in the Second World War.The gatehouse is brick-built and rectangular in plan with polygonal turrets attached to the outer face. There is machicolation and a castellated parapet around the whole of the gatehouse. The outer side faces west and has a four-centred brick carriage archway which retains its original ribbed double 20 panel doors of 20 panels. The inner side has a similar moulded archway.

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Grid reference	TQ 52928 64411 (point)
Map sheet	TQ56SW
County	KENT
Civil Parish	EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District	SEVENOAKS, KENT

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GATEHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1497 AD to 2050 AD)

Full Description

Historic England, Archive material associated with Lullingstone Castle (MKE30766) (Archive). SKE53753.

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

<2> OS 6" 1936-46 (OS Card Reference). SKE48341.

<3> Min HLG Schedule Dartford 3541 1952 (OS Card Reference). SKE47202.

<4> F1 ASP 02-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE41899.

<5> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1982 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE40990.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 58 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3015.

<7> Pittman, S., 1983, Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park (Monograph). SKE11893.

<8> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<9> Historic England, National Heritage List for England (Index). SKE29372.

Sources/Archives (10)

--- SKE53753 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Lullingstone Castle (MKE30766).
<1> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2> SKE48341 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936-46.
<3> SKE47202 OS Card Reference: Min HLG Schedule Dartford 3541 1952.
<4> SKE41899 OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-OCT-64.
<5> SKE40990 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent 1982 23.
<6> SKE3015 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 56 SW 58 - October, 1964.
<7> SKE11893 Monograph: Pittman, S.. 1983. Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park.
<8>XY SKE16191 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments. [Mapped feature: #30294 building, ]
<9> SKE29372 Index: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.

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Part of: LULLINGSTONE CASTLE (Listed Building) (TQ 56 SW 155)

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Record last edited

Jun 21 2021 3:48PM