Listed Building: COURT LODGE (1276825)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1414, 4, 59
Date assigned 27 November 1957
Date last amended

Description

TR 04 SE BROOK THE STREET (East side) 4/59 Court Lodge 27.11.57 GV II* House. C15 or earlier, restored 1911. Timber framed and tile hung, with some red brick and exposed frame to return and rear elevations. Plain tiled roof. Hall house with crosswings and extended service end. One storey and attic hall, with 2 storey wings, with jettied cross-hipped wing to right, and projecting gable and stepped-up gable from main ridge to left. Stacks to centre and to left, with central hipped dormer. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements and early C20 mullioned and transomed windows on ground floor. Panelled door with sidelights and flat hood to left. Left return with large C17 mullioned and transomed windows. Interior: in origin, a 2 bay hall with service bay and parlour crosswing, with C15 exterior kitchen (the remains, with smoke blackened rafters incorporated in left hand service wing), with jowls for 3 service doors from cross-passage. C16 or C17 kitchen with smoke bay at left (north) end of main range, possible reconstruction from C15 structure. Crown post roof to hall and heavily braced tie beam with no crown post to crosswing, also with dragon beam. Probably constructed (with the barn adjacent) by Christ Church priory, (Canterbury Cathedral), restored for File family c.1911. (See Traditional Kent Buildings, Vol. 5). Listing NGR: TR0663544232

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0663 4423 (point)
Map sheet TR04SE
Civil Parish BROOK, ASHFORD, KENT

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Record last edited

Jun 3 2010 3:08PM