Listed Building record TQ 54 SW 176 - INNER GARDEN WALL TO NORTH AND WEST OF FORMAL GARDEN OF PENSHURST PLACE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1632

Location

Grid reference TQ 52743 43908 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SW
County KENT
Civil Parish PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST
Inner Garden Wall to North and West of formal garden of Penshurst Place TQ 5243 23/790
II* GV
2. Probably early C17 brick wall with stone coping and stone steps at angle. Stone Tudor-arched doorway in north wall. Wall breaks for entrance tower and continues eastward at a lower level.
Penshurst Place, the South Central Tower and Wall, the Southern Wall, the inner Garden Wall and the Garden Wall form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5274643926 (1)

Description from record TQ 54 SW 16 :
(TQ 527438 - TQ 528439). Boundaries of Penshurst Place. Inner Garden Wall to North and West of formal garden of Penshurst Place. TQ 5243 23/790 Listed Grade II* Probably early C17 brick wall with stone coping and stone steps at angle. Stone Tudor-arched doorway in north wall. Wall breaks for entrance tower and continues eastward at a lower level. (2)


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

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD 1975 218-220 (OS Card Reference). SKE41000.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31388 wall, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Sevenoaks Kent RD 1975 218-220.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Historic Landscape Survey of Penshurst Estate (EKE5124)

Record last edited

Mar 15 2021 5:06PM