Bolebroke Castle
BOLEBROKE CASTLE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1028285
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- Statutory Address:
- BOLEBROKE CASTLE
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1028285
- Date first listed:
- 26-Nov-1953
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 31-Dec-1982
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOLEBROKE CASTLE
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BOLEBROKE CASTLE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- East Sussex
- District:
- Wealden (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hartfield
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 47495 37767
Details
HARTFIELD Bolebroke Castle 1. 5208 (formerly listed as Bolebroke) TQ 43 NE 5/90 26.11.53 II* 2. C16. Red brick (English bond). The east front has 4 small gables of 3 storeys each and one large gable at the north end of 4 storeys. The latter has kneelers, the south one corbelled with an octagonal finial above, the north one meeting an octagonal buttress carried up from the ground and terminating in a round finial. Diamond or lozenge shaped finial above the apex of the gable. The return of this gable on the north side is similar but a modern bay window has been built out in front of it. Windows on the east front in stone surrounds with stone mullions and in 5 of them also transoms. The south front has a similar gable with a ball finial above the apex but no finials above the kneelers. Windows as on the east front in stone surrounds with stone mullions and in 5 of them also transoms. The south front has a similar gable with a ball finial above the apex but no finials above the kneelers. Windows as on the east front. Late C17 L-shaped west wing of red brick and grey headers. Modern additions to the north and south of this. The inside has apparently been modernised but in a room facing west, presumably the original kitchen, is an enormous fireplace with a depressed stone arch.
Listing NGR: TQ4749537767
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 296275
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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