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Wenbans

Hob Uid: 412122
Location :
East Sussex
Wealden
Wadhurst
Grid Ref : TQ6337029780
Summary : Possible site of an alleged 13th century royal hunting lodge. The surviving extant building on the site is a 15th century timber-framed house, altered during the 16th century. It also incorporates a 16th century barn.
More information : (TQ 63372978) Wenbans (NAT)(1)

5208 WADHURST SCRAG OAK

TQ 62 NW 22/448 26.11.53 Wenbons

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The original building on the site is said to have been a royal
hunting lodge, possibly of King John. The surviving building is a
C15 timber-framed building, altered in the C16. Two storeys. Four
windows. The west half is faced with weather-boarding. The east
half is partly weather-boarded, partly red brick the first floor
tile hung and oversailing on brackets. Tiled roof. Casement
windows. To the south-east of the house was a C16 timber-framed barn
which has been incorporated into the house and jointed to it
by a corridor which was formerly a cow shed.

Oasthouses and Granary to the south-west
of Wenbons
TQ 62 NW 22/448A

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C19. Two round oasthouses. Red brick. Conical tiled roofs with
cowls. Granary of two storeys and four windows. Ground floor red
brick above tile hung. Tiled roof.(2)

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Source Number : 1
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Source details : OS 1:2500 1972.
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : DOE(HHR)Dist of Wealden (former RD of Uckfield) E.Sussex, Dec 1982, 323
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Monument Types:
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Possibly C13
Monument End Date : 1299
Monument Start Date : 1200
Monument Type : Hunting Lodge
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence
Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Built C15
Monument End Date : 1499
Monument Start Date : 1400
Monument Type : House
Evidence : Extant Building

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Related Records from other datasets:
External Cross Reference Source : Listed Building List Entry Legacy Uid
External Cross Reference Number : 296825
External Cross Reference Notes :
External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TQ 62 NW 8
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