Description

SE 25 NE NORTH RIGTON BECKWITHSHAW ROAD
(east side, off)

1/60 Tatefield Hall
30/3/66

GV II

House. C16 with alterations C19 and C20. Ashlar, stone slate roof.
2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows. Garden front: entrance to right has plain
surround and is blocked by C20 12-pane window. To left: two 2-light
recessed, flat-faced mullion windows with C20, 9-pane casements. Similar
4-light windows above, with C20 leaded lights. Central and left gable
stacks. Right gable has C20 panelled central door, a 2-light double-
chamfered window between the 2 first-floor windows, and an oval window in
twisted-rope surround in gable above with sundial over. Interior: front
room right has fine open fireplace wth timber mantle beam. Remains of a
stone spiral stair to left. The remains of a second spiral stair and thick
stone walls in the cellar suggest that the core of the house is medieval.
The house underwent alteration 1870-1900. It was occupied by B W J Kent a
collector and antiquary who died c1970. The grounds contain many items from
his collection, including sundials, carved heads, quern stones , cannons.
H Speight, Kirkby Overblow and District, London, 1903, p 122.

Listing NGR: SE2744251787

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26469203

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Recommended Books

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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)