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Latitude: 51.2948 / 51°17'41"N
Longitude: 0.409 / 0°24'32"E
OS Eastings: 568054
OS Northings: 157827
OS Grid: TQ680578
Mapcode National: GBR NPC.N7L
Mapcode Global: VHJM5.1QK9
Plus Code: 9F327CV5+WH
Entry Name: 1 and 3, Swan Street
Listing Date: 1 August 1952
Last Amended: 30 November 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1292827
English Heritage Legacy ID: 392447
ID on this website: 101292827
Location: West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, ME19
County: Kent
District: Tonbridge and Malling
Civil Parish: West Malling
Built-Up Area: West Malling
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: West Malling St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
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WEST MALLING
TQ6857 SWAN STREET
1156-0/3/135 Nos.1 AND 3
01/08/52
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
Post Office (Sorting office only)
(Formerly Listed as:
HIGH STREET
Shop premises occupied by E.Baldock
& Son)
GV II
Shop. Late medieval building, underbuilt, refronted and a
mansard roof added in early C19. Exterior has ground floor of
painted brick and stuccoed 1st floor with incised lines to
imitate masonry. Stuccoed plinth. Slate mansard roof. 2
storeys and attics; 3 windows. attic storey has 3 casements.
1st floor has 3 16-pane sashes and further sash to High Street
elevation. Swan Street elevation has 3 plain shopfronts with
wooden pilasters and brackets and large fascia. High Street
elevation has 2 similar shopfronts and 4-panelled door, now
blocked.
Interior has dragon beams, showing that it was once jettied
and door heads on the 1st floor. Deeds show ownership from the
sale of the house about 1620. The property was indentured to
many notable people including 2 Grooms to the Bedchamber of
Charles II and Judge Twisden who tried the regicides.
(Crozier P: Survey of the buildings in West Malling: ITEM 8).
Listing NGR: TQ6805857828
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