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Latitude: 51.0389 / 51°2'19"N
Longitude: 0.5563 / 0°33'22"E
OS Eastings: 579313
OS Northings: 129720
OS Grid: TQ793297
Mapcode National: GBR PTZ.X1D
Mapcode Global: FRA D61C.QJW
Plus Code: 9F322HQ4+GG
Entry Name: Sponden Old Hall
Listing Date: 5 July 1993
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1280956
English Heritage Legacy ID: 170356
ID on this website: 101280956
Location: Field Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN18
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Sandhurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Tagged with: Architectural structure
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 12/01/2018
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SANDHURST
SPONDEN LANE (West side)
Sponden Old Hall
(Formerly listed as Sponden Old Hall, SPONDEN ROAD (West side))
II*
House. Late Medieval open hall-house, ceiled over and with inserted brick chimneystack of late C16 date, restored C20. Timber framed building with plaster infill on brick and sandstone plinth. Left side is mainly box framing with some curved braces to centre. Right side elevation is jettied with moulded corner posts. Steeply pitched tiled roof with hip and gablet to right hand side, gabled to left, and with late C16 ribbed and clustered brick chimneystack. Two storeys,five windows. Two C20 hipped dormers. Mainly C20 casements with some diamond mullioned windows. Left side wooden porch. One C16 mullioned window survives to rear behind C17 or C18 catslide roof.
Interior has late C16 inserted ceiling with large bressumer. Roll-moulded dais-beam with plank screen. Parlour has open fireplace with bread oven and seats. Ground floor window has two original shutters. First floor has jowled posts. An unusual feature is a hole, with restored sliding shutters, for throwing out the contents of the chamber pot. Moulded octagonal crown-post with 4 head braces to collar beam and cambered pargetted decoration. Original solid tread oak staircase to attic. Smoke blackened rafters. Through purlin roof with rafters but no ridgepiece. Several old doors.
Listing NGR: TQ7931329720
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