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Hever Castle

A Grade I Listed Building in Hever, Kent

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Latitude: 51.1868 / 51°11'12"N

Longitude: 0.1139 / 0°6'50"E

OS Eastings: 547830

OS Northings: 145188

OS Grid: TQ478451

Mapcode National: GBR LMN.KMF

Mapcode Global: VHHQ3.XFLK

Plus Code: 9F3254P7+PH

Entry Name: Hever Castle

Listing Date: 10 September 1954

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1273465

English Heritage Legacy ID: 444816

ID on this website: 101273465

Location: Hever, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN8

County: Kent

District: Sevenoaks

Civil Parish: Hever

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Hever St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27/02/2013


5280
TQ 4745 15/512
10.9.54.


HEVER
Hever Castle


I


Late C13 - early C14 keep with links to square towers at East and West, all battlemented. License to crenellate 1340. New wood footbridge over moat to portcullis in slightly projecting centrepiece of late C14 (another license of 1384) with machicolation above. Back wings of circa 1500, also in stone, with steep tiled roofs and mullioned and transomed windows. Windows inserted in old keep at similar period. Within courtyard restored exposed framing. Interior much restored in early C19. Hever Castle was the home of Anne Boleyn. It changed hands several times until purchased by Mr W W Astor in 1903, when F L Pearson added "The Village" a picturesque cluster of guest cottages. 2-storeys, or one storey and attic, irregular buildings. Some roofs tiled, some of Horsham stone, many gables; some jettied 1st floors. Upper floors mostly half timbered with plastered filling. Ground floors mainly roughly coursed stone with some brickwork. Some timbers carved. Little loggia, around angle of building nearest to Castle, leads to covered bridge over moat.


Listing NGR: TQ4783045188

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