Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel
Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel, Chilham Castle, Chilham
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1185170
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel
- Statutory Address:
- Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel, Chilham Castle, Chilham
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1185170
- Date first listed:
- 13-Oct-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel
- Statutory Address 1:
- Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel, Chilham Castle, Chilham
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel, Chilham Castle, Chilham
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Chilham
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 06635 53463
Details
TR 0653-0753
7/44
CHILHAM
Chilham Castle Keep and Donkey Wheel
13.10.52
GV
I
Castle keep and curtain walls. C11 and 1171-1174 by Ralph, master mason, for Henry II; restored early C20.
Flint with Caen stone dressings. Octagonal (the earlier of only two in the country) with square stair turret to east, with garderobes to exterior, three storeys. Remnants of forebuilding on south west wall of C11, an unfortified stone hall. Only one original opening survives, a window facing south east. Flint and buttressed curtain wall about 15 feet high, attached to the east side of the keep. Restored early C20, now domestic accommodation and for a time tenanted by artists Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon. Donkey wheel, C18, timber framed shelter with plain tile roof. Horizontal wheel in poor condition.
Listing NGR: TR0662853467
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 181416
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 24 Kent,
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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