Listed Building: HATHERLIEGH INCLUDING GARDEN WALLS AND GATE TO THE EAST (1250641)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 14, 163
Date assigned 20 October 1954
Date last amended

Description

In the entries for the following serial numbers --- 14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165 14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175 14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley. The address shall be amended to read--- "THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN (west side) 14/163 Hatherliegh including garden 20.10.54 walls and gate to the east GV II House, garden walls and gate. An early C18 remodelling of a circa mid/late C17 house, parts of which may be earlier. Close-studded framed construction, the front and return walls rebuilt in Flemish bond brick to the ground floor, the first floor tile hung; west end of the north west wing brick; peg-tile roof; brick stacks. Plan: The house faces east across Matfield Green. Overall L-plan, the main block 3 rooms wide with a central unheated entrance hall and principal rooms to left and right, heated from end stacks. 2 phase rear right (north west) service wing at right angles, heated from an end stack. The main range has a rear outshut. The framing that survives on the rear wall suggests that a C17 house has been remodelled and upgraded. The service wing, which may originally have been unheated, appears to have been extended or rebuilt at the west end. Exterior: 2 storeys, cellar and attic. Extremely attractive symmetrical 4- window east front with a moulded fascia at first floor level and moulded eaves cornice. Gable-ended roof with end stacks. Central C18 half-glazed front door with fielded panels and a flat porch hood on moulded brackets. Evidence of blocked windows to left and right of the door, 4 first floor and 2 ground floor C18 12-pane sash windows with margin glazing and louvred sun shutters. 2 attic dormers with cambered lead roofs and moulded cornices, glazed with 2- light small-pane casements. The right return of the main block has an C18 half-glazed 2-panel door in the gable end. The wing has one ground floor 3- light casement with square leaded panes and quadrant catches. The roof of the main block is carried down as a catslide over the rear outshut and has 3 flat- roofed dormers. Early C19 or earlier. Red brick garden wall to the east has an iron rail on the top with spear finials and a pretty wrought and cast iron garden gate with an S-shaped diagonal brace and verticals with spear finials with fleur-de-lis finials to the styles. Interior: Exposed ceiling beams to the entrance hall are of slender scantling with scroll stops. The right hand room has a large open fireplace with scroll stops. Good set of C18 2-panel doors throughout. The stair rises from the rear of the entrance hall, within the outshut. The framed rear wall of the main block survives to sole plate level. Listing NGR: TQ6574341901

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6574 4190 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
Civil Parish BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM