Frensham Manor
FRENSHAM MANOR, MOUNTS LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1070895
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Frensham Manor
- Statutory Address:
- FRENSHAM MANOR, MOUNTS LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1070895
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jun-1952
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Aug-1979
- List Entry Name:
- Frensham Manor
- Statutory Address 1:
- FRENSHAM MANOR, MOUNTS LANE
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:
- FRENSHAM MANOR, MOUNTS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Rolvenden
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 85571 30265
Details
ROLVENDEN MOUNTS LANE 1. 5272 Frensham Manor (formerly listed as Frensham) TQ 8530 20/337 4.6.52. II
2. The house was occupied by the Kadwell family from the early C17 until 1748. Hasted's 'History of Kent' notes that the building was erected by Thomas Kadwell between and 1680. Two storeys and attics red brick. Hipped tiled roof with 2 modern hipped dormers. C19 casement windows. Nearby in the centre is a 2 storeyed projection containing the porch on the ground floor with a room over surmounted by a crow-stepped gable. Chimney breast on the north wall. Modern additions behind. Lord Geddes, Minister of Reconstruction in 1919 and British Ambassador in Washington 1920-4 lived here for some years during his retirement. Interior contains Inglenook fireplace and ceiling with chamfered beams.
Listing NGR: TQ8557130265
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 180382
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hasted, E, History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, (1801)
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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