The Almonry

The Almonry, 38, High Street, Battle, TN33 0EA

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1044222
Date first listed:: 02-Aug-1961
List Entry Name:: The Almonry
Statutory Address:: The Almonry, 38, High Street, Battle, TN33 0EA

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II*
List Entry Number:: 1044222
Date first listed:: 02-Aug-1961
Date of most recent amendment:: 11-May-1993
List Entry Name:: The Almonry
Statutory Address 1:: The Almonry, 38, High Street, Battle, TN33 0EA

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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Location

Statutory Address:: The Almonry, 38, High Street, Battle, TN33 0EA

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: East Sussex
District:: Rother (District Authority)
Parish:: Battle
National Grid Reference:: TQ 74649 16078

Details

TQ 7416-7516 40/4

BATTLE HIGH STREET Number 38, The Almonry

(Formerly listed as No 37, HIGH STREET)

3.8.61

GV II*

Formerly house, now offices, shop & restaurant. Probably C15 five bay structure of which two bays were an open hall, extended in the C16 to form a courtyard town house with internal alterations of 1661, restored and refenestrated in C20. Timber framed building.

Ground floor refronted in sandstone on sandstone plinth. First floor tile hung. Hipped old tiled roof with central clustered brick stack and two other brick chimneystacks at ends. East elevation to High Street is of two storeys with three early C20 mullioned windows with leaded lights.

Ground floor has two earlier window openings blocked in. C20 porch to north front.

Internally the end jetty in the southern bay survives, but more features of the C16 survive. These include a ground floor eastern room with two late C16 doorcases with moulded bases, one with quatrefoil motifs and one with three leaves in circle western room with roll-moulded cross beams. On the first floor of the southern wall of the western chamber survives a three-pane glazed window having mullions with cyma and ovolo mouldings. Roof of northern range is of side purlin queen post type.

Ground floor eastern room has early C17 axial beam with lambs tongue stops with fleur de lys and open fireplace with wooden bressumer. Early C17 stone fireplace to first floor. c1661 well staircase with twisted balusters, panelling to ground floor eastern room with pilaster and first floor door with diamond panels (possibly a reused pulpit).

[See R.O.H.A.S. Report number 185]

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Legacy System number:: 292151
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.