Listed Building: BROOK HOUSE (1233129)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1414, 4, 63 |
Date assigned | 16 February 1989 |
Date last amended |
Description
TR 04 SE BROOK THE STREET (West Side)
4/63 Brook House GV II
House. C15 or earlier, extended and altered late C16. Timber framed plan clad with red brick and tile hung and weatherboarded to right return with plain tiled roof. Four framed bays, hall house plan (originally aisled) with cross-wing. Two storeys with wooden brackets to eaves with hipped roof with gablets and stack cluster to centre left, and stack to end right. Three wooden casements on first floor and 2 long ranges of casements on ground floor with single casement to right. Boarded door to centre left in hipped C20 porch with sidelights. Square porch on right return (formerly a separate cottage). Catslide outshot to rear. Interior evidence suggest original aisled hall, with early C15 jettied crosswing (Dragon beam survives) possible gabled, explaining wooden brackets to eaves. Hall tie-beam with decorative braces and mortice for crown-post. Re-roofed and made 2 storeys with continuous jetty. Late C16 (now underbuilt). Chamfered service doorway heads survive (See Traditional Kent Buildings, Vol. 5).
Listing NGR: TR0671344530
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 0671 4453 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR04SE |
Civil Parish | BROOK, ASHFORD, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 17 2006 9:59AM