EAW004706 ENGLAND (1947). Chilham Castle and the village, Chilham, 1947
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| Title | [EAW004706] Chilham Castle and the village, Chilham, 1947 |
| Reference | EAW004706 |
| Date | 26-April-1947 |
| Link | |
| Place name | CHILHAM |
| Parish | CHILHAM |
| District | |
| Country | ENGLAND |
| Easting / Northing | 606711, 153573 |
| Longitude / Latitude | 0.96196050059654, 51.243305450137 |
| National Grid Reference | TR067536 |
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| WW2 Camouflaged Building |
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| WW2 Camouflaged Nissen Huts |
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| Village Hall, Chilham
Grade 2 listed - English Heritage Building ID: 181461
Tithe barn, now village hall. C15 and 1930's. Timber framed with red brick infill and plinth and plain tile hipped roof, with free-standing stack to right.
4 wooden mullioned lights of the 1930's, double plank doorway centre-right. To left 1930's timber frame and red brick pentice and pavilion with open arched arcading. To right 1930's timber frame and red brick 1 storey outshot and extension |
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| Church of St Mary, Grade 1 listed, English Heritage Building ID: 181422
Post Code CT4 8DA
Parish church. C14 transepts, C15 nave, west tower 1534, chancel
of 1863 by David Brandon. Cl9 south porch |
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Thursday 24th of October 2013 09:47:15 PM |
| Although a little outside Chilham, this is Chilham railway station, opened 1846 - still open but unmanned. On the Ashford to Margate railway line.
Trains from here to London Charing Cross and Canterbury. |
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Thursday 24th of October 2013 09:43:56 PM |
| Elephant House.
Literally- see the large doorway arches. Elephants were kepts here for work on the Estate.
Grade 2 listed building - English Heritage Building ID: 181418
Two 2-storey ashlared and keyed arches, now blocked, originally entrances for keeping of elephants used on the estate c. 1800.
Elephant house, now house. Late C18, altered C19. Red brick and
tile roof. Two storeys and attics |
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Thursday 24th of October 2013 09:41:58 PM |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Grade 2 listed building English Heritage Building ID: 181470
School. 1862. H. Blandford. Entrance (playground) front:
red brick with yellow brick bands and polychrome arch heads. |
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Thursday 24th of October 2013 09:35:18 PM |
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| Mediaeval Castle-
Today, of all the original stonework, only the octagonal keep with its rectangular extension remain.
The keep is a separate dwelling and is also a listed building, Grade 1, English Heritage Building ID: 181416.
Castle Keep and curtain walls. C11 and 1171 - 74 by Ralph, master mason, for Henry II; restored early C20. Flint with Caen stone dressings. Octagonal (the earlier of'only 2 in the country). There is evidence of an earlier Anglo Saxon fortification. |
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| Chilham Castle Grade 1 listed building English Heritage Building ID: 181415
Post code CT4 8DB
House. 1616 for Sir Dudley Digges, addtions and alterations by
David Brandon 1861 - 3, and Sir Herbert Baker, 1922. Red brick
and ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. Built as an hexagon
open to the south, with C19 and C20 service wing extending to the west. |
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