Donnington Manor Hotel (formerly Emma Hotel)

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TQ 55 NW 42/358

DUNTON GREEN DUNTON GREEN London Road (east side) Donnington Manor Hotel

(Formerly listed as Donnington Manor Restaurant Emma Hotel, previously listed as Donnington Manor Restaurant)

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House, now hotel. Restored timber framed house of C15 origin, with adjoining lobby entry wing of late C16 or C17; later converted to cottages; knocked into one, remodelled and extended in 1936-37; South East wing of 1937 further extended after 1968. Front elevation formerly tile-hung above and of brick below, with tile hanging continuing into North West return. Since 1937, timber framed and plastered, incorporating studs added in 1937. Plain tile roof with half-hipped North West end and gable to C15 cross-wing and to South East. post 1968 wing. Two storey gable ended porch wing in centre, in front of former lobby entry; oak studded door. On ground floor, two modern oriel bay windows with hipped tile roof, one also on first floor in C15 wing, in porch wing and at first floor in North West return. Various lead panel casements of 1936-37. Two small tiled dormers of 1936-37. The C15 wing may originally have been jettied, and it retains a moulded truss at first floor. The whole building has been very much restored but is still substantially an old structure. Large, later C20 additions to rear, facing car park.

See pre-ferbishment photo in Gordon Anckorn, A Sevenoaks Camera, 1979.

Listing NGR: TQ5069558121