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)

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

Map

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