Listed Building: HALE FARMHOUSE (1253486)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 1, 290
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY HALE 1/290 Hale Farmhouse GV II Farmhouse. Late C18 (including a fragment of C17 brickwork) with late C19 and circa 1980 modernisations. Flemish bond red brick and first floor of front block is plastered timber-framing. Part of the north wall of the rear block is probably C17 English bond brick including burnt headers. Brick stacks and chimneyshafts; peg-tile roof. Plan: L-plan house. The main block faces east south east, say east. It has a 2-room plan which has been somewhat altered. Direct entry into the larger left (south) room which has a large projecting gable-end stack, apparently the only original fireplace. Right room however now has secondary rear lateral stack. One-room plan rear service block projects at right angles to rear of left end. House is 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace and a cellar under the front left room. Exterior: Symmetrical 2-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars. Central doorway has a C19 4-panel door in a late C19 timber-framed gabled porch with waney bargeboards. Tall mansard roof is gable-ended and contains 2 front flat-roofed dormer windows. Interior: Shows mostly the result of the late C19 and C20 modernisations. No earlier features are exposed. Roof not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ6214846049

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6214 4604 (point)
Map sheet TQ64NW
Civil Parish CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM