Listed Building record TQ 86 SE 202 - BORDEN HALL

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1699. 15th c and later

Location

Grid reference TQ 8820 6301 (point)
Map sheet TQ86SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TQ 86 SE 36:
[TQ 8820 6302] Borden Hall [NAT] (1) House, Borden Hall, Grade II*, Wise's Lane (west side). 15th and 17th century. (For full description see list.) (2) Borden Hall, a 15th century timber-framed building refaced in the centre with red and grey brick and given character with two 17th century projecting half-hipped gables. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN WISE'S LANE (west side)
5/27 Borden Hall 27.8.52 GV II*
House. C15 and C17. Timber framed and part exposed with plaster infill, and clad with chequered brick and plaster, with plain tiled roof. Two storeys and basement with coved eaves cornice, and stacks to centre left and projecting end right. The front of 8 windows, in 3 blocks. Left: painted brick and plaster, 3 wood case- ments to each floor. Centre: chequered brick with 2 oversailing half-hipped gables, 4 wood casements on first floor and 3 on ground floor with gauged heads and 5 panelled door to left with flat hood. Right: originally jettied, now underbuilt with red brick, end jettied and with exposed close studding and plaster infill on first floor and oversailing hipped gable, 1 mullioned window on first floor, 2 light segmental oriel window on ground floor. (See B.O.E. Kent II, 1983, 149). Listing NGR: TQ8820963022 (4)

HE archive material: RCH01/048/01/078 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Borden Hall, Borden

Former open hall house with a surviving upper-end cross wing. The cross wing is jettied along the external side and formerly at the front. (5)


<1> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.

<2> DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent Nov 1984 21 (OS Card Reference). SKE41194.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 149 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37801.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1979.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent Nov 1984 21.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 149 (J Newman).
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33555 Listed building, ]
  • <5> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey of the barn at Borden Hall (EKE12488)

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 12:29PM