Listed Building record TQ 45 SW 214 - THE VICARAGE AND VICARAGE FLAT ABOVE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 44775 53978 (point) |
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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> SKE48206 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1964.
- <2> SKE41018 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks R.D. Kent Jan 1975 385.
- <3> SKE37967 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).
- <4> SKE16160 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