Listed Building record TQ 75 NW 247 - THE GEORGE HOUSE, Aylesford

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1533 to 1899 House mid 16thc

Location

Grid reference TQ 7297 5896 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TQ 75 NW 77 :
(TQ 72955896) George Hotel (PH) (NAT). (1) The George House (formerly listed as The George Hotel), High Street. Grade II* House, later the George Inn, now house. Mid 16th century altered 1714 (for full description see list). (2) The George Inn, Aylesford, only two-storeyed, overhangs to the street, and the black and white timbering a faking of 1714, as a large date proclaims. This is a remarkable date for such a thing. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
AYLESFORD CP HIGH STREET TQ 7258 (south side) 12/56 The George House (formerly 1.8.52 listed as The George Hotel)
GV II*
House, later the George Inn, now house. Mid-C16, altered 1714. Rendered with painted mock square-framing on 1st floor. Hipped plain tiled roof with gablet to left, ridge stack to rear at right and left end stack. Continuous jetty carried round both corners and along both sides on moulded bressummers, dragon- beams and dragon-posts. 4-wing plan with small internal courtyard. 2 storeys; irregular 2-window 1st floor with quadripartite sash to left and casement to right, and 3-window ground floor, 6-light C19 wooden transom and mullion windows. Door to right of central window, doubled, both parts half-glazed with late C19 engraved public house glass, inscribed 'The George Inn'. Raised lettering off-centre to right on 1st floor in panel, S . C 1714
Listing NGR: TQ7297458969 (4)

EH archive material: BF112034 VCH Kent: Lower Medway Valley Photography by EH photographer Derek Kendall for the book 'The Medway Valley: a Kent landscape transformed' by Andrew Hann (published 2009).


<1> OS 1;2500 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48233.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1987 20 (OS Card Reference). SKE40386.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 140 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37847.

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

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1;2500 1973.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1987 20.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 140 (J Newman).
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #35578 Hotel, ]

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Record last edited

Jul 14 2021 6:51PM