Listed Building: BROOK FARM COTTAGES (1253535)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1356, 1, 297 | 
| Date assigned | 24 August 1990 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            TQ 64 NW                CAPEL             TUDELEY LANE
1/297                                     Nos 1 and 2 Brook Farm Cottages
II
Pair of cottages.  Mid/late C19 with some C20 extensions.  Ground floor level is Flemish bond red brick with decorative burnt headers, timber-framing above is tile-hung and includes bands of scallop tiles; brick stack and chimneyshaft; tile roof.
Plan:  Pair of contemporary cottages.  L-plan building facing east.  No 1 is to left (south) and No 2 to right is a crosswing projecting forward.  An axial stack between serves back-to-back fireplaces.  Each now has a 2-room plan with a front parlour and rear service room.  The rear service rooms are C20 additions.  2 storeys with attics in roofspace.
Exterior:  Regular but not symmetrical 1:1-window front.  No 1 has C20 casements with glazing bars but No 2 has original C19 casements with glazing bars, the larger ones with mullion-and-transom frames.  No 1 has a gabled dormer.  Doorways each end of the front.  Doorway to No 1 has a gabled porch and doorway to No 2 has an elliptical headed arch.  Both contain C19 plank doors with coverstrips.  A band of cogged brick at first floor level.  Roofs are gable-ended with plain bargeboards with apex pendants.  Stack has 4 diagonally-set chimneyshafts.
Interiors:  Not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ6179545584
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6033 4550 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ64NW | 
| Civil Parish | CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM