Listed Building record TQ 95 NE 79 - EASTLING MANOR

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1200 to 1616 Timber framed house comprising part of an aisled hall with the addition of a later small crosswing circa 1500. This was jettied at the front end and on the external side. A new front range was added in the early 17th century. There were other substantial alterations in the same century

Location

Grid reference TQ 9626 5651 (point)
Map sheet TQ95NE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish EASTLING, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 95 NE EASTLING SCHOOL LANE (south side)
4/19 Eastling 27.8.52 Manor
GV II*
House. C14 and 1616. Timber framed and exposed close-studding with plaster infill, part rendered, part tile hung, on red brick base with plain tiled roof. Two storeys and attic with half-hipped roof and gablets. 3 hipped dormers and stacks to left and centre right. Two 3 light transomed windows, 1 single light and one 5 light on first floor, and two 5-light transomed windows with hipped hoods and single light on ground floor. All dormers and windows with central arched transoms. Two storey hipped and projecting porch to centre with C20 glass outer doors and multi-panelled inner door. Right return front: tile hung with oriel windows to each floor, with rear wing of close- studding on red brick base and C20 canted bay window. Interior: rear wing partial survival of C14 or C13 aisled hall with scissor-truss roof. Present main range added 1616 with contemporary cellars, wainscot panelling and doors and turned baluster screen to service area. Open well staircase of 3 storeys with turned balusters, bell pendants and moulded hand- rail. Large oak fireplace with carved coupled baluster pilasters with scrolled and foliated frieze and cornice-mantel. Known originally as Gregories, the wing of 1616 added by a Mr Parmiter (see Hasted, vol. VI p422; also BOE KENT II, 1983, p307).
Listing NGR: TQ9626356518 (1)

Previously Listed as TQ 95 NE 20

Additional reference (2)

Historic England archive material (3)


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

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<3> Historic England, Archive material associated with Eastling Manor, Eastling, Listed Building (Archive). SKE56337.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
  • <3> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Eastling Manor, Eastling, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2024 6:45PM