Listed Building: WATERMANS (1262924)

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY MILE OAK 6/183 Watermans GV II House. Probably C17 in origin C20 alterations in progress at time of survey (1989). Framed construction, the ground floor underbuilt in brick, the first floor weatherboarded; peg-tile roof; brick stacks. Plan: The house faces east. 2-cell main range, the rooms heated from end stacks; rear right outshut, rear centre C19 wing at right angles. Known to have been 2 cottages at one time. Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, the roof gabled at ends; end stacks, the right end stack projecting with tile-hung set-offs. C20 front door to left of centre; various C19 and C20 1-, 3- and 4-light casements, some with small panes. Interior: Exposed carpentry, the wall posts jowled. Some evidence of a former smoke bay at the left end. Roof: Tie beam and clasped purlin arrangement, probably an C18 replacement. Group value with other listed roadside houses at Mile Oak. Listing NGR: TQ6809543427