Description

CRANBROOK THE STREET, (SOUTH
TQ 7837-7937 SIDE), SISSINGHURST
8/255
Sissinghurst Court
19.12.85 and Entrance Wall
GV II

House. C17 with large additions of circa 1920. Part timber-framed (to south-
west). Red brick on ground floor, exposed close studding above. Plain tiled
roof. South side: Half-hipped return wing to left (the original building) with
lower gabled projection to right. Moulded barge-boards. Two storeys and
garret in wing to left. Irregular fenestration of 5 windows on first floor
with cornice-hood over central first floor window, and 5 windows on ground
floor. Wood-framed moulded lattice casements. Tudor-arched doorway to left with
moulded surround and boarded door. East (Entrance) Front: Long return wing
to left, completely blank with projecting chimney breast and tall stack in
angle. One window on each floor of this wing. Long dormer in east wing with
gabled projection to right. Tudor-arched doorway with moulded surround, floral
carvings in spandrels and boarded door to left of projection with long lattice
wooden mullioned window to left. Casements with oval stained glass inserts.
Lattice glazing. Service wing to right behind. Entrance wall, 15 yards long,
attached to left-hand wing, with central gate piers and ball-finials. Railed
gate with scrolled panels, dog-rails and decorative overthrow. Interior: some
plasterwork in C20 block. Evidence of substantial timber-frame in
old block.

Listing NGR: TQ7888437394

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26320547

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)