Listed Building record TQ 55 SW 148 - LONG BARN
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 52641 50570 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ55SW |
County | KENT |
Civil Parish | SEVENOAKS WEALD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
District | SEVENOAKS, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 SEVENOAKS WEALD SEVENOAKS WEALD Long Barn Road (East Side)
Long Barn TQ 55 SW 46/1127 10.9.54.
II*
2. At back a C15 hall house. In front and at right angles a C16 house adjoining. These parts of 2 storeys with irregular windows. To left of the C16 house a gabled section, probably early C17, of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows; and a modern extension. High pitched tiled roofs. Buildings tile hung above, brick below. At back visible timber framing. External stack to rear part, facing road, of C16 with Tudor bricks and stone quoins, rebuilt above. Inside restored but with much good original timber and inglenooks. Narrow hall part opened up, with visible crown posts. Said to have been the house of William Caxton, the first English printer. Listing NGR: TQ5262750560 (1)
Description from record TQ 55 SW 7 :
(TQ 52645057) Long Barn (NAT) (2) 5280 SEVENOAKS WEALD SEVENOAKS WEALD Long Barn Road (East Side) Long Barn TQ 55 SW 46/1127 10.9.54. II* 2. At back a C15 hall house. In front and at right angles a C16 house adjoining. These parts of 2 storeys with irregular windows. To left of the C16 house a gabled section, probably early C17, of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows; and a modern extension. High pitched tiled roofs. Buildings tile hung above, brick below. At back visible timber framing. External stack to rear part, facing road, of C16 with Tudor bricks and stone quoins, rebuilt above. Inside restored but with much good original timber and inglenooks. Narrow hall part opened up, with visible crown posts. Said to have been the house of William Caxton, the first English printer. (3) Not mentioned in the Buildings of England. (4)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> OS 1:10000 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE48160.
<3> DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan. 1975 288 (OS Card Reference). SKE40444.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37967.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31344 Building, ]
- <2> SKE48160 OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1975.
- <3> SKE40444 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist. of Sevenoaks R.D., Kent. Jan. 1975 288.
- <4> SKE37967 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 (J Newman).
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Record last edited
Apr 12 2021 11:50AM