Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 120 - GROOMBRIDGE PLACE

Summary

Grade I listed building. Groombridge Place was rebuilt in the 17th century on the site of medieval moated house. It is surrounded by a moat, a remnant of the medieval manor. The H shape plan and Jacobean style design is sometimes attributed to Christopher Wren. The house is reached by a bridge across the moat. There is a long rectangular ornamental lake and a formal 17th century garden

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Grid reference TQ 53341 37619 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NW
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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South Eastern Archaeological Services, 1992, An Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place, Groombridge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE11942.

<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Country Life 118 No 3073 1955 1376-9 photos (A Oswald) (OS Card Reference). SKE39388.

<3> Country Life 118 No 3075 1955 1480-3 photos (OS Card Reference). SKE39389.

<4> Country Life 118 no 3076 1955 1524-7 photos (OS Card Reference). SKE39390.

<5> F1 CFW 18.12.63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42619.

<6> MLGP Tonbridge RD Kent Sept 1949 128-29 (OS Card Reference). SKE47227.

<7> Newman, J., 1980, Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 310-11 (J Newman) (Monograph). SKE7817.

<8> Moated Sites Res Gp Rep No 6 1979 47 (OS Card Reference). SKE47272.

<8> Archaeology South-East, 2006, A Revised Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place, Groombridge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17111.

<9> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (OS Card Reference). SKE36148.

<10> VCH Vol 1 1908 428 (OS Card Reference). SKE51239.

<11> Field report for monument TQ 53 NW 4 - December, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2711.

<12> WEST FRONT OF GROOMBRIDGE PLACE AT SPELDHURST (Photograph). SKE2588.

<13> Institute of Arch. Field Arch. Unit 1992 'Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place' (Univ. College (OS Card Reference). SKE44484.

<14> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<15> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Unpublished document: South Eastern Archaeological Services. 1992. An Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place, Groombridge, Kent.
  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Country Life 118 No 3073 1955 1376-9 photos (A Oswald).
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Country Life 118 No 3075 1955 1480-3 photos.
  • <4> OS Card Reference: Country Life 118 no 3076 1955 1524-7 photos.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 18.12.63.
  • <6> OS Card Reference: MLGP Tonbridge RD Kent Sept 1949 128-29.
  • <7> Monograph: Newman, J.. 1980. Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald. Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 310-11 (J Newman).
  • <8> Unpublished document: Archaeology South-East. 2006. A Revised Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place, Groombridge, Kent.
  • <8> OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp Rep No 6 1979 47.
  • <9> OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222.
  • <10> OS Card Reference: VCH Vol 1 1908 428.
  • <11> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 53 NW 4 - December, 1963.
  • <12> Photograph: WEST FRONT OF GROOMBRIDGE PLACE AT SPELDHURST. OS62/F298/3. Black and White. Negative.
  • <13> OS Card Reference: Institute of Arch. Field Arch. Unit 1992 'Historical Assessment of Groombridge Place' (Univ. College.
  • <14> Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
  • <15>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #37804 Building, ]

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Related Events/Activities (3)

  • Intrusive Event: An archaeological watching brief at Groombridge Place, Speldhurst (Ref: GBP07) (EKE20481)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building Survey of Groombridge Palace, Groombridge, Kent (EKE8175)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building survey of Groombridge Place (Ref: 2484) (EKE11382)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2024 2:48PM