Knole

KNOLE, KNOLE PARK

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1336390
Date first listed:
14-Apr-1951
List Entry Name:
Knole
Statutory Address:
KNOLE, KNOLE PARK
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
I
List Entry Number:
1336390
Date first listed:
14-Apr-1951
List Entry Name:
Knole
Statutory Address 1:
KNOLE, KNOLE PARK

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

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
KNOLE, KNOLE PARK

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

County:
Kent
District:
Sevenoaks (District Authority)
Parish:
Sevenoaks
National Grid Reference:
TQ 53968 54190

Details

KNOLE PARK 1. 1614 Knole TQ 55 SW/4/82 14.4.51 I 2. Seat of Lord Sackville. Late Cl5 and Jacobean. Built by Thomas Bouchier, Archbishop of Canterbury. Presented to the National Trust together with 52 acres. References: Country Life vol XXXI Nos 772, 826, 862; vol LXIII Nos l34, 197. "Knole" by V Sackville-West, 1923. Guide:- A Tipping, 1922. H I Triggs, 1901. J A Gotch, 1894, M Jourdain, 1926.

Listing NGR: TQ5396854190

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
172227
Legacy System:
LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Jourdain, M, A Guide to Knole, (1926)
Tipping, A, A Guide to Knole, (1922)
Triggs, H I, A Guide to Knole, (1901)
Gotch, J A, A Guide to Knole, (1894)
Sackville West, V, Knole, (1923)
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 31, (), 772 826
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 31, (), 862
Country Life in Country Life, Vol. 31, (), 134 197

Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 24 Kent,

Legal

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

Ordnance survey map of Knole

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