Listed Building: CRABTREE (1281592)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1350, 2, 14
Date assigned 05 July 1993
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for TQ 73 SE BENENDEN COURSETHORN LANE 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree - II The address shall be amended to read TQ 73 SE BENENDEN CRANBROOK ROAD 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree - II BENENDEN TQ73SE COURSETHORN LANE 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree II House. Late C16 timberframed lobby entrance house, altered c.1729, outshut added and refenestrated in C19. Exterior refronted in red brick in a mixture of Flemish and English bond to ground floor and tile hung to 1st floor. Tiled roof, hipped to left and half-hipped to right with cruciform late C16 brick chimneystack. 2 storeys, 3 windows. C19 metal casements with diamond panes and simple doorcase. Gable and outshut to rear. Interior has 2 large open fireplaces. Hall fireplace has salt cupboard and marks of crane. Chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stop. Parlour has C18 cupboard. 1st floor bedroom has early C19 duck's nest grate. Probably reroofed in 1729. The building appears to be shown on a 1777 Cranbrook estate map as Holding Farm and was gamekeeper's cottages to the estate within living memory. Listing NGR: TQ8030633202

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7960 3439 (point)
Map sheet TQ73SE
Civil Parish BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Jan 26 2011 9:36AM