Listed Building record TQ 44 NW 87 - CHURCH HOUSE now Eden Valley Museum, High Street, Edenbridge

Summary

Grade II* listed building. A timber framed house with a formerly open 2-bay hall with the upper end in line and a 2-bay 2-storey lower end cross wing (to S) jettied and gabled at the front. The results of tree ring dating indicated that this was probably a 14th century building that was dismantled and reconstructed in the early 16th century. In the later 16th century a rear wing was added to the upper end

Location

Grid reference TQ 44380 46137 (point)
Map sheet TQ44NW
County KENT
Civil Parish EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

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

<2> Hazel Basford, 2004, Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War (Unpublished document). SKE31644.

<3> Ancient Monuments Laboratory, 2000, Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers From Church House, Edenbridge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12145.

<4> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with Church House, High Street, Edenbridge, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55764.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Hazel Basford. 2004. Kent VAD - the work of voluntary aid detachments in Kent during the first World War.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Ancient Monuments Laboratory. 2000. Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers From Church House, Edenbridge, Kent.
  • <4> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
  • <5> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Church House, High Street, Edenbridge, Listed Building.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Tree-Ring Analysis of Church House, Edenbridge (Ref: 34/2000) (EKE8471)

Record last edited

Jan 19 2024 11:05AM