Listed Building: POSTLING COURT (1344197)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1605, 3, 60 | 
| Date assigned | 07 August 1984 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            
TR 13 NW  POSTLING                       THE STREET                                                        (West side)
3/60                                                   Postling Court 7.8.84 GV                                                     II
House, now sub-divided.   Mid C17 with late C19 additions and alterations. Timber-framed.  Ground floor clad and underbuilt with red and grey brick in Flemish bond.  Exposed framing to first floor with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof.  Main range, with short integral cross-wing to right, formerly projecting forwards slightly,end extended in late C19.  2 storeys and attics.  Continuous jetty to main range, now underbuilt.  Dropped tie- beam.  First-floor framing unevenly divided into 2 panels per storey.  Short curved tension braces.  Hipped roof.  2 rear stacks.  Projecting C17 brick stack in English bond to right gable end, with two diagonally-set flues on moulded plinth.  Late C19 gabled dormers.  Irregular fenestration  of 3 leaded windows; one 2-light casement with top-lights, one single-light casement and one late C19 two-storey rectangular bay window with 4 casements and side lights to each floor.  Late C19 panelled door under timber-framed porch to left end.  Right wing extended forwards in late C19 with brick ground-floor, tile-hung above; hipped plain-tile roof and various canted leaded lights.  Short single-storey addition to left leading to late C19 range at right-angles.  Interior: exposed framing.  Fragment of moulded fillet half-way up former front elevation of C17 right wing.  Aligned butt  purlin roof with queen struts to rafters and arch-braced interrupted tie-beams.  Similar truss to C17 wing, but-with clasped purlins.
Listing NGR: TR1451339033
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
 
Location
| Grid reference | TR 1456 3901 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TR13NW | 
| County | KENT | 
| District | FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | POSTLING, SHEPWAY, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Feb 6 2024 9:10AM