Listed Building: MASTERS (1263152)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1356, 14, 177
Date assigned 24 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

In the entries for the following serial numbers --- 14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165 14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175 14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley. The address shall be amended to read--- "THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN" TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN (east side) 14/177 Masters GV II House. Early C18, perhaps with an earlier core. Ground floor brick, painted white; first floor tile-hung with white-painted tiles; peg-tile roof; brick stacks. Plan: West facing. Double depth plan, 3 rooms wide under a 2 span roof. The right end front room (at the south end) is an early C19 addition to a symmetrical house with a central entrance and end stacks. The front door now opens into a heated entrance hall (to the north) with a stair rising from it. The present centre room is unheated, the old end stack has been used to heat the C19 additional room. Parts of the house may pre-date the C18. The remains of a timber-framed stack are said to survive in the attic space above the rear left service room. Exterior: 2 storeys. 3-bay symmetrical front to the left plus one window to the C19 addition, which is clear from a straight joint in the brickwork. C19 panelled front door to left of centre with a flat porch hood on posts flanked by early C19 16-pane sashes, 3 similar first floor sashes. Ground floor window right is an early C19 tripartite sash, 16-pane in the centre, flanked by 4-pane sashes. 2-span roof gabled at the left end and hipped at the right end. Interior: Plain. Roof: Not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ6587841842

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6587 4184 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
Civil Parish BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM