Listed Building record TQ 65 SE 160 - KITCHEN GARDEN WALL AND THE BOTHY TO THE NORTH OF MEREWORTH CASTLE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 67056 53852 (point)
Map sheet TQ65SE
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish MEREWORTH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 65 SE MEREWORTH MAIDSTONE ROAD (north side)
2/38 Kitchen garden wall and The Bothy to the north of Mereworth - Castle
- II
Red brick kitchen garden wall, a complete rectangle. Late C18 on inside of wall to east The Bothy. Mid-late C19 cottage. Red brick ground-floor, ren- dered 1st floor. Thatched roof with tiled catslide to north. 2 storeys, with 1st floor lead cone-roofed turrets on brackets to south-east and south- west. Diamond lattic casements. In north-east corner of wall, 1 storey, red brick gardeners cottage with slate roof. 2 windows with central boarded door.
Listing NGR: TQ6694353277

In 2020, a heritage statement was completed in relation to the proposed construction of a packing shed to process the soft fruit from the orchards in the northern section of the gardens, located north of the A26 and near to the orchards and kitchen garden. (2)


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

<2> Heritage Collective, 2020, Heritage Statement, Land at Mereworth Castle Estate Tonbridge Road, Kent, Packing Shed Planning Application (Unpublished document). SKE53664.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Heritage Collective. 2020. Heritage Statement, Land at Mereworth Castle Estate Tonbridge Road, Kent, Packing Shed Planning Application.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Heritage Statement, Land at Mereworth Castle Estate Tonbridge Road, Kent, Packing Shed Planning Application (Ref: 5716A) (EKE20414)

Record last edited

Feb 9 2024 1:17PM