Listed Building record TQ 45 SW 214 - THE VICARAGE AND VICARAGE FLAT ABOVE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1350 to 1899 Vicarage and Vicarage Flat above.

Location

Grid reference TQ 44775 53978 (point)
Map sheet TQ45SW
County KENT
Civil Parish WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM Vicarage Hill (South Side)
The Vicarage and Vicarage Flat above TQ 4453 36/1460 10.9.54.
II*
2. C15 or earlier hall house of Wealden shape, much altered. Front elevation of 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows. High pitched roof now covered in graduated slates. End chimney showing some old brick. 4 modern flat dormers and skylight. Eaves soffit, very deep over set back centre part. Whole front refaced in mathematical tiles in C18, and now painted white. 4 modern casements, irregularly placed, on 1st floor. On ground floor 6 sash windows, 4 with C18 glazing bars. Modern gabled porch in centre. Inside hall has had 1st floor inserted but remains of screens passage visible as 2 heavy wood-framed doorways with 4-centred wood heads inserted somewhat later. Massive threshhold below. Much exposed timber including great tie beam and crown post (which has lost 2 braces) and?old plank floors. Also several old brick fireplaces. C19 south extensions. The house has been in continuous use as a Vicarage at least since the C15. It is also the birthplace of General Wolfe.
Listing NGR: TQ4477553979

Description from record TQ 45 SW 59 :
(TQ 44775398) Vicarage (NAT) (1) 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM Vicarage Hill (South Side) The Vicarage and Vicarage Flat above TQ 4453 36/1460 10.9.54. II* C15 or earlier hall house of Wealden shape, much altered. Front elevation of 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows. High pitched roof now covered in graduated slates. End chimney showing some old brick. 4 modern flat dormers and skylight. Eaves soffit, very deep over set back centre part. Whole front refaced in mathematical tiles in C18, and now painted white. 4 modern casements, irregularly placed, on 1st floor. On ground floor 6 sash windows, 4 with C18 glazing bars. Modern gabled porch in centre. Inside hall has had 1st floor inserted but remains of screens passage visible as 2 heavy wood-framed doorways with 4-centred wood heads inserted somewhat later. Massive threshhold below. Much exposed timber including great tie beam and crown post (which has lost 2 braces) and old plank floors. Also several old brick fireplaces. C19 south extensions. The house has been in continuous use as a Vicarage at least since the C15. It is also the birthplace of General Wolfe. 5280 WESTERHAM WESTERHAM Vicarage Hill (South Side) Garden Wall to South-West of The Vicarage TQ 4452 36/1461 II Probably C17 wall of galleted ragstone rubble, with brick cornice and sloped coping, running from south-west corner of house to some small sheds on western boundary wall. (2) Not mentioned in The Buildings of England. (3-4)

Description from record TQ 45 SW 83 :
Listed building : no additional information available

Wealden house with a formerly open 2-bay hall and unusually an internal jetty. In circa 1700 and in the 19th century extensions were built behind the medieval house. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040501 THE OLD VICARAGE, WESTERHAM 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. RCH01/048/01/724 Labelled sheet of drawings of the Old Vicarage, Westerham, with plans of the ground-floor as existing and reconstructed, and a long section RCH01/048/01/725 Labelled cross-section of the Old Vicarage, Westerham


<1> OS 1:2500 1964 (OS Card Reference). SKE48206.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 385 (OS Card Reference). SKE41018.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1964.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 385.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).
  • <4> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Oct 30 2024 2:10PM