Listed Building: PEIRCE HOUSE (1070742)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1155, 22, 37
Date assigned 17 September 1952
Date last amended

Description

1. 5272 CHARING HIGH STREET (west side) No 33 Peirce House) (formerly listed as Pierce House) TQ 9549 22/37 17.9.52 II* GV 2. Formerly used as almshouses when the house belonged to the Sayers family. An alms window survives on the west side. A timber-framed building, dating from the C13, with some timbering and close studding exposed in the north wall, now with herringbone brick infill to first and attic storeys and rendered to ground floor. Two overhanging gables, one very widely. First floor overhangs widely on brackets, having a moulded wooden bressummer with crenellations. Three casement windows with renewed heads and small square leaded panes. Wide 4-centred wooden doorway with carved spandrels. The interior contains a small portion of a Norman undercroft. C15 crown post roof. C15 solid block stairs, inglenook fireplace, and screens passage. Listing NGR: TQ9525049353

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 9527 4942 (point)
Map sheet TQ94NE
Civil Parish CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 9:59AM