KILLICKS BANK
KILLICKS BANK
Lady Yonge who inherited one half of the Penshurst Estate had a detailed map made of her land and this shows “Little Farm” ” on the site of Killicks Bank. The tenant in 1758 was Thomas Hills who was still the tenant in 1766. By 1792 the Rate Assessments show Thomas Nicholl as the tenant.
Thomas Killick married Elizabeth Wood in 1791 and had two sons and a daughter and it seems that this family must have been the tenants in the early part of the 18th century as the 1839 (1841)Tithe Map shows the farm as Killicks Bank Farm.
The house itself is listed as a late mediaeval hall house and may well be the earliest house in Leigh parish.
From Historic England:
KILLICK’S BANK, ENSFIELD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
Kent, Sevenoaks (District Authority),
Leigh
National Grid Reference:
TQ 54193 44969
Details
LEIGH LEIGH 1, 5280 Ensfield Road (West Side off) Killick’s Bank TQ 54 SW 54/660 II 2. late mediaeval hall house with alterations. 2 storeys and attic, 4 windows, very irregular. Very high pitched hipped tiled roof with ridge gablets and later compound stack. Gabled right end implies demolition of one bay. Visible timber framing with plaster filling. Modernised gabled front projection, with Cl7 timber work inside, partly half-timbered, partly brick. Small modern leaded casements. Rear elevation of tile hanging and brick. Inside much exposed timber, including plank and muntin dais panelling with embattled beam over; and square crown post in attic.
Listing NGR: TQ5445246130
Three cottages at Killicks Bank are: Merrywinds, The Old Farmhouse and Killicks Bank Cottage.