Listed Building record TQ 44 NE 63 - BROCAS MANOR

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1066 to 1901 Hever Brocas : listed building

Location

Grid reference TQ 4695 4509 (point)
Map sheet TQ44NE
County KENT
Civil Parish HEVER, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEVER HEVER 1. 5280 Hever Road (North Side) Brocas Manor TQ 44 SE 49/520 II 2. Victorian front of 2 storeys, 3 windows, with half-octagonal ended left extension. High pitched tiled roof with rebuilt chimney. Tile hung 1st floor, red brick ground floor with stone dressings. C19 casements, 2 canted bays and gabled porch. This front conceals extensive mediaeval house of 3 adjoining halls, all with stout timbers, probably late C14, C15 and early C16. All have collar-purlin roofs and crown posts, 2 of them carved.
Listing NGR: TQ4695045090

Formerly TQ 44 NE 26

Dendrochronology dating of the open hall gave a date range of 1524-1557. (2)

House of two medieval phases, the earlier of which is probably a combined service-solar wing jettied at front possibly with a very early integral kitchen. The later phase is a formerly open hall. (3)

Historic England archive material (4)


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 21, Pg. 41 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<4> Historic England, Archive material associated with Hever Brocas, Hever, Listed Building (Archive). SKE56474.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 21, Pg. 41.
  • <3> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
  • <4> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Hever Brocas, Hever, Listed Building.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Dendrochronology dating of Brocas Manor, Hever (EKE11798)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Sep 3 2024 1:01PM