Honeywood
HONEYWOOD, 56, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060976
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Honeywood
- Statutory Address:
- HONEYWOOD, 56, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1060976
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 14-Dec-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Honeywood
- Statutory Address 1:
- HONEYWOOD, 56, HIGH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HONEYWOOD, 56, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Lenham
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 89689 52047
Details
LENHAM HIGH STREET TQ 8952 (north side)
10/180 No. 56 (Honeywood) (formerly listed 20.10.52. as High House) GV II*
House. 1621 for Anthony Honeywood. Timber framed with plaster infilling and plain tile roof. Part of ground floor of side elevations refaced in brick. Compactly symmetrical lobby entry house of 3 bays, including acentral stack bay. 2 storeys and attics, on plinth. Close-studded, with rendered attic gable to each outer bay of front elevation and to each side elevation. First floor and all attic gables jettied, with moulded bressumers. Gables have carved bargeboards with pendants. Central brick ridge stack with moulded plinth and 6 octagonal flues. Ovolo- moulded mullion windows throughout; one small 2-light window towards top of each attic gable, one 3-light window to central bay on first floor, one rectangular mullioned and transomed oriel of 10 lights to left bay, and one of 8 lights to right bay, with a 2-light frieze window on either side of each oriel. Ground- floor oriels follow the same pattern. All jetties and 1st floor oriels have carved brackets, some with grotesques. Central ribbed door. Small brick panels under ground-floor oriels inscribed "AH" and "1621". Interior: moulded architraves to doors, with finely- carved chamfer-stops. Side purlin roof with collars. Exposed timbers. Originally residence of Governor of the Honeywood Charity, founded by Anthony Honeywood in 1621. Almshouses lie to east, (not listed). ( J. Newman: West Kent and the Weald, 1980 Edition)
Listing NGR: TQ8969252049
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173915
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Newman, J, The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, (1980)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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