Listed Building record TQ 72 NE 152 - OLD PRIEST'S HOUSE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 78852 27773 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ72NE |
County | KENT |
District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | SANDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for TQ 72 NE SANDHURST BODIAM ROAD 1350-0/5/259 Old Priest's House (formerly listed as The 09/06/52 Old Priest Cottage Periwinkle Cottage 2 adjoining Cottages) GV II
The address shall be amended to read
TQ 72 NE SANDHURST BODIAM ROAD 1350-0/5/259 Old Priest's House (formerly listed as Little 09/06/52 Haddon) GV II
SANDHURST TQ72NE BODIAM ROAD 1350-0/5/259 Old Priest's House 09/06/52 (Formerly Listed as: The Old Priest Cottage Periwinkle Cottage 2 adjoining Cottages) GV II House. C15 open hall-house turned into a lobby entrance house in late C16, refronted in early C19 when some of the timbers were replaced. Timber-framed building, 1st floor clad in weatherboarding with ground floor of red brick with some header bond. Steeply pitched tiled roof with gablets and five late C16 ribbed brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys; 4 windows. Metal casements, mainly C20, though rear elevation has blocked diamond mullioned windows. C20 doorcase opposite chimneystack with 8 panelled door. Interior has roll-moulded dais beam and spere truss. Inserted late C16 or early C17 ceiling and open fireplace with bread oven. 1st floor has jowled posts, curved tension braces and chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stop. Octagonal crown post with 4 head braces to collar beam. Smoke blackened roof.
Listing NGR: TQ7885227773 (1)
Description from record TQ 72 NE 44 :
A four-bay medieval building. The two central bays formed an open hall, with the bays at either end being floored from the beginning. The house was built in the late C15, the western bay was rebuilt c1650.
Historic Enlgand archive material: BF094307 OLD PRIEST HOUSE, SANDHURST
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Jan 22 2025 1:47PM