Listed Building: GRANARY AND OASTHOUSE TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF SHEERLAND FARMHOUSE (1335838)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1155, 27, 13C
Date assigned 14 February 1967
Date last amended

Description

1. 5272 PLUCKLEY LITTLE CHART ROAD Granary and oasthouses to the south-west of Sheerland Farmhouse (formerly listed as Granary and Oasthouses 14.2.67 at Sheerland) TQ 9345 27/13C II* 2. Built by Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, 8th Baronet (1807-1896), in 1838. This is an imposing building. The granary in the centre of the east front is of stone. Two storeys. Hipped slate roof. Six Dering windows. Four-centred doorway in the centre of both floors. Four more similar doorways for carts on the ground floor to the north. At the north and south ends of the granary is a cylindrical oast and 3 more behind to the west. These are also of stone with conical slate roofs. At the apex of each is a wooden cowl with a fantail, on which is the figure of a black horse (tile crest of the Dering Family). Listing NGR: TQ9335045456

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 9335 4545 (point)
Map sheet TQ94NW
Civil Parish PLUCKLEY, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 9:59AM