Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1187 - THE MASONIC HALL

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1527 to 1587. A timber framed building, this was built to accomodate a Free Grammar School, set up by charter in 1576 and built in 1587. The schoolroom occupied the first floor, with the area beneath mostly open. In the 19th century, the building was encased in weatherboarding and the ground floor bricked up. The Grammar School moved to new premises in 1879, since when this has been a Freemasons Hall.

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Grid reference TR 01851 61636 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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<1> OS 1:1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48176.

<2> MHLG (1103/11/A June 1949) 27 (OS Card Reference). SKE46911.

<3> F1 ASP 02-AUG-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41890.

<4> DOE (HHR) Faversham Boro Kent August 1972 2 (OS Card Reference). SKE40565.

<5> Cantium Kent Local Hist Society 6 No 2 Faversham Special Issue Summer 1974 28-31 photos (A Munden) (OS Card Reference). SKE38583.

<6> Buildings of England (ed N Pevsner) NE and E Kent 1983 319 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38404.

<7> Field report for monument TR 06 SW 11 - August, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5283.

<8> THE MASONIC HALL, FORMERLY FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT FAVERSHAM FROM SOUTH. (Photograph). SKE2552.

<9> Photograph of the Masonic Hall (Photograph). SKE2553.

<10> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:1250 1958.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: MHLG (1103/11/A June 1949) 27.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 02-AUG-63.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Faversham Boro Kent August 1972 2.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Cantium Kent Local Hist Society 6 No 2 Faversham Special Issue Summer 1974 28-31 photos (A Munden).
  • <6> OS Card Reference: Buildings of England (ed N Pevsner) NE and E Kent 1983 319 (J Newman).
  • <7> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 06 SW 11 - August, 1963.
  • <8> Photograph: THE MASONIC HALL, FORMERLY FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL AT FAVERSHAM FROM SOUTH.. OS63/F127/2. Black and White. Negative.
  • <9> Photograph: Photograph of the Masonic Hall. OS63/F127/1. Black and White. Negative.
  • <10>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34191 listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Nov 18 2021 5:57PM