Listed Building record TQ 44 NE 63 - BROCAS MANOR
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 4695 4509 (point) |
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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> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
- <2> SKE17391 Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 21, Pg. 41.
- <3> SKE8010 Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
- <4> SKE56474 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Hever Brocas, Hever, Listed Building.
Finds (0)
Protected Status/Designation
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