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

Map

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