The Bull Public House

THE BULL PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1084810
Date first listed:
19-May-1986
List Entry Name:
The Bull Public House
Statutory Address:
THE BULL PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1084810
Date first listed:
19-May-1986
List Entry Name:
The Bull Public House
Statutory Address 1:
THE BULL PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET

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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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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
THE BULL PUBLIC HOUSE, THE STREET

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

County:
Kent
District:
Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
Parish:
Cranbrook & Sissinghurst
National Grid Reference:
TQ 79476 37526

Details

CRANBROOK THE STREET, (NORTH TQ 7837-7937 SIDE), SISSINGHURST

8/245 The Bull Public - House. GV II

Hall-house, now public house. Early C16 with C18 refronting and C19/C20 render- ing. Timber-framed and rendered with shallow painted plinth. Cornice band between ground floor and first floors. Plain tiled hipped roof. Tall pebble- dashed stacks to right on ridge and left on ridge of rear wing. Hall-house plan with later wings to rear. Two storeys and attic with small C20 square-headed dormer in centre. Irregular fenestration of 5 windows on first floor, all glazing bar sashes, and 3 on ground floor, large casement window with mullions and transoms. Half-glazed door in moulded surround to right of centre. Flat- headed porch with Tudor-arched entrance and similar shaped side openings to left of centre. Half-glazed door behind. Interior: Substantial frame intact. Moulded beams in ground floor room to right. Large stone fire-place with Tudor- arched surround, late C16

Listing NGR: TQ7947637526

Legacy

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Legacy System number:
169096
Legacy System:
LBS

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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