Listed Building record TQ 44 NW 86 - TANYARD HOUSE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 44394 46047 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ44NW |
Civil Parish | EDENBRIDGE, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EDENBRIDGE EDENBRIDGE 1, 5280 High Street (West Side) No 92 (Tanyard House) TQ 4446 12/444 10.9.54. II* GV 2. Restored C15 timber framed building of 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows. Gabled right bay has jettied lst floor on brackets with dragon beam at right angle. High pitched tiled roofs. Exposed stout timber framing with plaster filling. Modern lattice casements and plank door in keeping with old structure. Rear elevation shows exposed framing with plaster filling on 1st floor and modern brick on ground floor. C19 brick on left return. Inside exposed timber and restored crown post in attic. Messrs Whitmores have run the tannery on this site for 300 years. Nos 86 to 96 (even) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ4439146048 (1)
Description from record TQ 44 NW 17 :
Tanyard House (92 High St) and site of tannery to rear. (TQ 44394604 - OS 1:2500 1983) (1) 5280 EDENBRIDGE EDENBRIDGE High Street (West Side) No 92 (Tanyard House) TQ 4446 12/444 10.9.54. II* GV 2. Restored C15 timber framed building of 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows. Gabled right bay has jettied 1st floor on brackets with dragon beam at right angle. Hih pitched tiled roofs. Exposed stout timber framing with plaster filling. Modern lattice casements and plank door in keeping with old structure. Rear elevation shows exposedframing with plaster filling on 1st floor and modern brick on ground floor. C19 brick on left return. Inside exposed timber and restored crown post in attic. Messrs Whtmores have run the tannery on this sitefor 300 years. The Tanyard House and the house beyond are no later than the 15th century. The former has a gabled cross-wing. The uprights are still quite widely spaced. Behind Tanyard House a late 19th century tanning shed, open below on brick piers. The walls of the drying rooms above are weatherboarded, with movable louvres; a good piece of industrial design. (3) Tannery to rear of house marked on OS 1st Ed (1865) centred TQ 4434 4661. Two long buildings situated against the south side of the mill race. Poss site of earlier tannery. (4) Watching brief in 1996 to rear of House did not find any stuructures relating to the tannery, poss removed when contaminated land claered, but identifed tannery shed with open sides on brick piers standing behind house. Tannery owned by William Saunders in 1844 and site occupied by William Bonnick (5)
Visible on historic maps (6)
Survey (7)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD Kent Jan 1975 116 (OS Card Reference). SKE41031.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 274 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37982.
<4> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 25" 1st Ed 1865 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<5> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Arch SE 1996 Evaluation at Lingfield Rd Edenbridge (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<6> OS 1:2500 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48225.
<7> Pearson, S, 1994, The Medieval Houses of Kent: A Historical Analysis (Monograph). SKE8009.
Sources/Archives (7)
- <1>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #30521 building, ]
- <2> SKE41031 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks RD Kent Jan 1975 116.
- <3> SKE37982 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 274 (J Newman).
- <4> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. OS 25" 1st Ed 1865.
- <5> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. Arch SE 1996 Evaluation at Lingfield Rd Edenbridge.
- <6> SKE48225 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1983.
- <7> SKE8009 Monograph: Pearson, S. 1994. The Medieval Houses of Kent: A Historical Analysis.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
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Record last edited
Mar 4 2021 12:11PM