Listed Building record TQ 56 NW 217 - THE WHITE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1723 to 1763. Nos 1, 2 and 3 High St

Location

Grid reference TQ 5455 6710 (point)
Map sheet TQ56NW
County KENT
Civil Parish FARNINGHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FARNINGHAM HIGH STREET 1. 5280 (north-east side) The White House (Nos 1, 2 and 3) TQ 5467 9/96 1.6.67 II* GV 2. Thought to date from 1743 and mentioned in Hasted's History of Kent of 1797. Three storeys stuccoed and painted black and white. Hipped slate roof. Heavy modillion cornice and parapet. Three sashes with glazing bars intact, including 2 bays on all floors. Doorcase up 4 steps, with engaged Doric columns, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 moulded panels. The south-east front has 6 and the north-west front 3 venetian windows, all with 'Gothic' glazing. Red brick chimney breast on the north-east wall. Listing NGR: TQ5455767104. (1)

Description from record TQ 56 NW 50 :
(TQ 54556711) White House (NAT) (2) 5280 FARNINGHAM HIGH STREET (north-east side) The White House (Nos 1, 2 and 3) TQ 5467 9/96 1.6.67 II* GV 2. Thought to date from 1743 and mentioned in Hasted's History of Kent of 1797. Three storeys stuccoed and painted black and white. Hipped slate roof. Heavy modillion cornice and parapet. Three sashes with glazing bars intact, including 2 bays on all floors. Doorcase up 4 steps, with engaged Doric columns, pediment, semi- circular fanlight and door of 6 moulded panels. The south-east front has 6 and the north-west front 3 venetian windows, all with 'Gothic' glazing. Red brick chimney breast on the north-east wall. (3) White House, Farningham, built 'some few years' before Hasted's edition of 1797. White picked out with plenty of black. (4)


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

<2> OS 1:2500 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48223.

<3> DOE(HHR)Dist. of Sevenoaks Kent. Oct. 1982 35 (OS Card Reference). SKE41392.

<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 284 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37986.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #31561 building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1980.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist. of Sevenoaks Kent. Oct. 1982 35.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 284 (J Newman).

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Record last edited

Apr 19 2021 2:22PM