TQ 77 NE 7 - Cooling Castle - Historic Environment Record

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Monument record TQ 77 NE 7 - Cooling Castle

Summary

Cooling Castle was built as a result of the French raid which ravaged this part of Kent in 1379. It was begun in 1381 and completed in 1385 covering nearly eight acres and consisting of two parallel but unequal wards separated by a moat surrounding both. The Inner Gatehouse is thought to remain standing to almost 10 metres. The water gate or postern is standing and a small wooden boat was previously dug up opposite this. The undercroft of the 'Great Chamber' remains, and the foundations of many buildings in the south-eastern part of the castle are thought to be buried underneath flower beds.

Location

Grid reference	Centred TQ 7536 7597 (262m by 207m) FCE
Map sheet	TQ77NE
County	KENT
Civil Parish	COOLING, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority	MEDWAY

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<1> OS 6" 1940 (OS Card Reference). SKE48362.

<2> Inq pm 15.4.1300 (OS Card Reference). SKE44479.

<3> Arch Can XI (1877) 128-44 plan illus (WA Scott Robertson) (OS Card Reference). SKE34488.

<4> VCH Kent I 1908 429-30 plan (OS Card Reference). SKE51173.

<5> Arch Cant 39 1927 167-76 (B Cope) (OS Card Reference). SKE35070.

<6> Arch Cant 39 1927 176-80 (A Vallence) (OS Card Reference). SKE35071.

<7> Ant of Eng and Wales 3 (1787) 24-6 illus (F Grose) (OS Card Reference). SKE33228.

<8> Castles of Eng I (1897) 9-13 plan (JD Mackenzie) (OS Card Reference). SKE38630.

<9> The English Castle 1936 4 95 103 109 illus (H Braun) (OS Card Reference). SKE50344.

<10> F1 EG 25-JUN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42872.

<11> F2 FGA 26-OCT-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43333.

<12> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester upon Medway 1986 8 (OS Card Reference). SKE40174.

<13> DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE40175.

<14> Moated Site Res Grp Rep 6 1979 46 (CJ Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47240.

<15> A Handbook of Kents Defences 1540-1945 1977 12 (D Bennett) (OS Card Reference). SKE32803.

<16> Arch Cant 93 1977 221 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36146.

<17> Groses Ant 2 1774 85-7 (OS Card Reference). SKE43635.

<18> Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 239-240 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38049.

<19> DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 109 (OS Card Reference). SKE40685.

<20> Field report for monument TQ 77 NE 7 - June, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4206.

<21> Field report for monument TQ 77 NE 7 - October, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4207.

<22> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, OS 6" 1st Ed (1865) (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.

<23> Saunders, Andrew, 1995, Thames fortifications during the 16th to 19th centuries (Article in monograph). SWX9358.

<24> Scott Robertson, W. A., 1877, Coulyng Castle (Article in serial). SWX7347.

<25> Smithers, D. W., 1980, Castles in Kent (Monograph). SWX9392.

<26> Andrews and Dury, 1777, London Environs (Chart). SWX8084.

<27> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9427.

<28> 1946, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9447.

<29> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9831.

<30> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9835.

<31> 1947, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX9863.

<32> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10019.

<33> 1944, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10023.

<34> 1948, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10631.

<35> 1950, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10700.

<36> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10703.

<37> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11088.

<38> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11089.

<39> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11090.

<40> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11091.

<41> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11092.

<42> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11093.

<43> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11094.

<44> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11095.

<45> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11096.

<46> 1994, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11097.

<47> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11099.

<48> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11100.

<49> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11101.

<50> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11102.

<51> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11103.

<52> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11104.

<53> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11105.

<54> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11106.

<55> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11107.

<56> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11108.

<57> 1965, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11109.

<58> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11110.

<59> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11111.

<60> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11112.

<61> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11113.

<62> 1998, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11114.

<63> 1965, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11115.

<64> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11116.

<65> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11117.

<66> 1953, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11118.

<67> historic england, 2014, Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014. (Bibliographic reference). SKE31592.

<68> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.

<69> English Heritage, Register of Scheduled Monuments (Scheduling record). SKE16191.

<70> Historic England, Archive material associated with Cooling Castle Scheduled Monument (Archive). SKE54082.

Sources/Archives (70)

<1> SKE48362 OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1940.
<2> SKE44479 OS Card Reference: Inq pm 15.4.1300.
<3> SKE34488 OS Card Reference: Arch Can XI (1877) 128-44 plan illus (WA Scott Robertson).
<4> SKE51173 OS Card Reference: VCH Kent I 1908 429-30 plan.
<5> SKE35070 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 39 1927 167-76 (B Cope).
<6> SKE35071 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 39 1927 176-80 (A Vallence).
<7> SKE33228 OS Card Reference: Ant of Eng and Wales 3 (1787) 24-6 illus (F Grose).
<8> SKE38630 OS Card Reference: Castles of Eng I (1897) 9-13 plan (JD Mackenzie).
<9> SKE50344 OS Card Reference: The English Castle 1936 4 95 103 109 illus (H Braun).
<10> SKE42872 OS Card Reference: F1 EG 25-JUN-59.
<11> SKE43333 OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 26-OCT-64.
<12> SKE40174 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Rochester upon Medway 1986 8.
<13> SKE40175 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) City of Rochester Upon Medway 1986 9.
<14> SKE47240 OS Card Reference: Moated Site Res Grp Rep 6 1979 46 (CJ Bond).
<15> SKE32803 OS Card Reference: A Handbook of Kents Defences 1540-1945 1977 12 (D Bennett).
<16> SKE36146 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 221 (T Tatton-Brown).
<17> SKE43635 OS Card Reference: Groses Ant 2 1774 85-7.
<18> SKE38049 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng West Kent and the Weald 1980 239-240 (J Newman).
<19> SKE40685 OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 109.
<20> SKE4206 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NE 7 - June, 1959.
<21> SKE4207 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 77 NE 7 - October, 1964.
<22> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. OS 6" 1st Ed (1865).
<23> SWX9358 Article in monograph: Saunders, Andrew. 1995. Thames fortifications during the 16th to 19th centuries. 124-134.
<24> SWX7347 Article in serial: Scott Robertson, W. A.. 1877. Coulyng Castle. 11, pages 128-144.
<25> SWX9392 Monograph: Smithers, D. W.. 1980. Castles in Kent.
<26> SWX8084 Chart: Andrews and Dury. 1777. London Environs. chart.
<27> SWX9427 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4032. print.
<28> SWX9447 Photograph (Print): 1946. Photograph. 4066. print.
<29> SWX9831 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3034. print.
<30> SWX9835 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 3057. print.
<31> SWX9863 Photograph (Print): 1947. Photograph. 4057. print.
<32> SWX10019 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 2069. print.
<33> SWX10023 Photograph (Print): 1944. Photograph. 3065. print.
<34> SWX10631 Photograph (Print): 1948. Photograph. BU 42-45 tq754759/1. print.
<35> SWX10700 Photograph (Print): 1950. Photograph. FD 68-71 tq754759/2. print.
<36> SWX10703 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. MC 52-57 tq754759/3. print.
<37> SWX11088 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/10. print.
<38> SWX11089 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/11. print.
<39> SWX11090 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/12. print.
<40> SWX11091 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/13. print.
<41> SWX11092 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/14. print.
<42> SWX11093 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/15. print.
<43> SWX11094 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/16. print.
<44> SWX11095 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/17. print.
<45> SWX11096 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/18. print.
<46> SWX11097 Photograph (Print): 1994. Photograph. TQ7575/19. print.
<47> SWX11099 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/20. print.
<48> SWX11100 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/21. print.
<49> SWX11101 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/22. print.
<50> SWX11102 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/23. print.
<51> SWX11103 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/24. print.
<52> SWX11104 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/25. print.
<53> SWX11105 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/26. print.
<54> SWX11106 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/27. print.
<55> SWX11107 Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ7575/28. print.
<56> SWX11108 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/29. print.
<57> SWX11109 Photograph (Print): 1965. Photograph. TQ7575/3. print.
<58> SWX11110 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/30. print.
<59> SWX11111 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/31. print.
<60> SWX11112 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/32. print.
<61> SWX11113 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/33. print.
<62> SWX11114 Photograph (Print): 1998. Photograph. TQ7575/34. print.
<63> SWX11115 Photograph (Print): 1965. Photograph. TQ7575/4. print.
<64> SWX11116 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/7. print.
<65> SWX11117 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/8. print.
<66> SWX11118 Photograph (Print): 1953. Photograph. TQ7575/9. print.
<67> SKE31592 Bibliographic reference: historic england. 2014. Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 51-2014..
<68> SKE32115 Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent.
<69> SKE16191 Scheduling record: English Heritage. Register of Scheduled Monuments.
<70> SKE54082 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Cooling Castle Scheduled Monument.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 1009018: COOLING CASTLE AND ITS ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPED SETTING

Related Monuments/Buildings (5)

Related Events/Activities (3)

Intrusive Event: An Archaeological Evaluation at Cooling Castle (EKE20878)
Intrusive Event: Excavation at Cooling Castle (EKE20877)
Non-Intrusive Event: Hoo Peninsula Outline Historic Area Assessment: Cooling Parish. Research Report 2014-51 (Ref: Research Report Series 51-2014) (EKE15027)

Record last edited

Aug 10 2021 3:55PM