Listed Building: HARTNUP HOUSE (1366291)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1155, 23, 16
Date assigned 17 September 1952
Date last amended

Description

1. 5272 SMARDEN WATER LANE Hartnup House TQ 8742 23/16 17.9.52. II* 2. L-shaped timber-framed building. The north-west wing is probably C15. It has plaster infilling colour-washed. The ground floor is close-studded. The first floor oversails on both fronts on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. Dragon beam with moulded post. Hipped tiled roof. Casement windows with small square leaded panes. Two storeys and attics. Three windows and 2 hipped dormers facing north-west, one window and one hipped dormer facing north-east. The south-east wing was added by Matthew Hartnup in 1671. This has red brick infilling and one bay window of 5 lights on the ground and first floors, with a gable oversailing on a bessummer, carved with the figures of 2 hippototami and between these the words, "Matthew Hartnup" and containing an attic window with the date 1671 over it. The south-east window bay of this wing has been refaced in red brick and grey headers. Two windows. Doorcase with single petalled roses of York and Lancaster. The courtyard to Hartnup House is paved with Bethersden marble. Listing NGR: TQ8792342335

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8792 4233 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SE
Civil Parish SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 9:59AM