Listed Building: THE COTTAGE (1262356)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1418, 9, 23 |
Date assigned | 17 October 1988 |
Date last amended |
Description
TR 1673-1743 ELHAM COCK LANE (North Side)
9/23 The Cottage
GV II
House. Early C17. Timber framed with plaster infilling. Plain tile roof. Lobby-entry plan of 3 or 5 timber-framed bays including central stack bay. 2 storeys and cellar. Rendered plinth. Continuous jetty, returning to left and right. Left gable-end jetty underbuilt. Right end has grotesque of woman riding winged devil under dragon beam. Scrolled bracket with strapwork towards rear of right gable end. Broadly- spaced studding, with painted brick infilling to ground floor and rendered panels to first floor. Hipped roof. Central brick ridge stack. Irregular fenestration of 3 leaded casements; two three-light and central single-light. Evidence for oriel or bay window with frieze lights, to right and left on ground floor. Panelled door in central painted brick porch with moulded wooden cornice, flat roof, and Gothick side lights. Rear lean-to, central section built up to two storeys in red and grey brick with half-hipped plain tile roof. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing to ground floor. Ovolo-moulded axial and tenoned cross beam to each of two ground-floor rooms. Brick fireplace with chamfered jambs and bressumer and angled back to each room. Left ground-floor room panelled with reeded frieze and with enriched C17 wooden overmantel.
Listing NGR: TR1775743950
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 1775 4394 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR14SE |
County | KENT |
District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT |
Civil Parish | ELHAM, SHEPWAY, KENT |
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Record last edited
Feb 6 2024 9:05AM