Description

TQ 86 SE BORDEN SUTTON BARON ROAD
(north side)

5/47 Sutton Baron and Sutton
27.8.52 Baron Hall (formerly listed as
Sutton Baron Farmhouse)
GV II

House, now 2 houses. C15 to C18. Timber framed, part exposed,
part clad with plaster, and structural red brick with plain tiled
roofs. Originally a Wealden hall house, with mid C17 wing added
to rear for Robert Plot the elder (d. 1669), and early C18 red
brick wing added to that. Road front: 2 storeys and hipped roof,
the C18 wing left. separately hipped. Two projecting tile hung gables
to right and stack to centre rear, Irregular fenestratiun of five
windows, 2 glazing bar sashes to left and 3 wood casements right
on first floor, 2 french windows and 2 wood casements on ground
floor, with half-glazed door in 1 storey gabled porch centre right
bearing plaque: P Left return front: restored Wealden house
R W.
with, exposed close- studded timber framing, of 4 bays with C17 red
brick extension to right. Two storeys, with plinth to right, jettied
to left and right, flying wall plate on arched braces over recessed
central bays, hipped roof with gablets, stacks to centre rear arid
end right. Irregular fenestration of 4 wood casements on first
floor with blocked mullioned lights to right, and 2 wood case-
ment, central brick and wood mullioned.segmental bay window, C20
mullioned window right, and segment-headed casement end right on
ground floor. C20 plank door centre right. Interior: panelled
interior to C18 wing, sone C17 panelling and late C17 staircase,
and carved overmantel and wall paintings (covered awaiting restoration
at time of inspection) in Wealden. Dr. Robert Plot (1640-96),
Antiquary and first secretary to the Royal Society was born, lived
and died in the house. (See B.O.E. Kent II 1983, 149; Igglesden, 24,
1930 p. 48H).

Listing NGR: TQ8793661949

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26322356

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas