Description

CRANBROOK BIDDENDEN ROAD
TQ 83 NW (NORTH SIDE)

4/28 The Priest's House at
20.6.67 Sissinghurst Castle

GV II*

House, originally probably attached to the main block of the circa 1570 house.
C16. Red brick with some stone, some cemented and some red brick dressings.
Parapetted roof with one tumble-parapetted gable on each side. Diagonally-
placed pinnacles and globes on each gable. Central stack. The gables to east
and west contain dormers, the main ridge running north and south. Two storeys
and attic. Transom and mullioned windows with stone and cemented surrounds
and drip-moulds on first floor to east and first and ground floors to north.
Wooden casements with lattice glazing elsewhere. Boarded door in later exten-
sion to south. C20 extensions to south and west. The Priests House was not
part of the c.1570 house but may have been attached to it. It may pre-date the
house.

Listing NGR: TQ8063637253

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547789

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings