Listed Building record TQ 65 NW 246 - THE OLD VICARAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 6102 5906 (point)
Map sheet TQ65NW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. BOROUGH GREEN ROAD 7/13 (east side)
The Old Vicarage
II
House, originally hall house. C16 framed structure, altered in C17 and Cl9. Rough-cast elevations to timber-frame with plain tiled roof, the ridge stepped to right of centre and taller to right. 2 storeys; 2- 1 window front, C19 casements to left, glazing bar sashes to right. Half-glazed and panelled door with flat projecting hood resting on 2 wooden posts to right of central window. Remains of collar-purlin roof with crown-post. Interior: Moulded crown-post in collar-purlin roof; smoke blackened timbers. Introduced stacks. Upper and lower ends seem to be missing. Upper end framed 1675-1750, lower and early-mid C19.
Listing NGR: TQ6102759057 (1)

Formerly open 2-bay hall and lower end of medieval house. This was extendwed and altered in the late medieval period. There were further alterations in the 16th century. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040259 THE OLD VICARAGE, WROTHAM File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/745 Labelled sheet of drawings of the Old Vicarage, Wrotham, with a ground-floor plan, a section, a crown-post elevation, a dais beam profile and a perspective sketch of a post


<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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <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.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

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

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 11:50AM