Listed Building: BARN APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES NORTH EAST OF LITTLE LAVERALL (1240362)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 3, 468
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

TQ 54 SW SPELDHURST BULLINGSTONE LANE 3/468 Barn approx 6m north east of 17.8.87 Little Laverall GV II Barn, probably stables originally. C19. Exposed timber-framing on coursed sandstone footings, part is thatched, part has a peg-tile roof. Plan: Range of former agricultural buildings facing south West towards Little Laverall (q.v.). Long low building to right with 2-storey section at the left end. Exterior: The low block is 4 bays with a plank door right of centre and 3 long but narrow horizontal windows containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. Doorway in left end of the taller left block flanked by similar windows but these have glazing bars. Thatch roof is gable-ended rising up to the tile-roofed left block. Timbers of the frame of relatively narrow scantling and include mostly straight braces but a large curving tension brace at the right end may indicate older origins for the building. The building backs onto the lane and the bank is revetted with coursed sandstone. Interior: Has plain C19 carpentry detail. This building forms part of a group with nearby Little Laverall (q.v.) and The Cottage and Holly Cottage (q.v.). Listing NGR: TQ5442341137

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5441 4116 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SW
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM