Listed Building: YORKSHILL FARMHOUSE (1243929)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 45, 1333
Date assigned 16 January 1975
Date last amended

Description

1. 5280 SUNDRIDGE YORKSHILL Yorkshill Farmhouse TQ 45 SE 45/1333 II* 2. C15 or earlier hall house with late C18 red brick front. 2 storeys and attic, 5 windows. Very steep hipped tiled roof with little ridge gables. 2 end projecting offset chimneys. 2 hipped tiled dormers. Corbelled brick eaves. 1st floor modern 2- and 3-light casements. Ground floor 3 tripartite sash windows under shallow segmental arches; and one modern 4-light casement. Modern glazed door in reproduction Georgian doorcase. Inside brackets and bressumer of original front visible at stairhead. Also hall window with paired cusped arches preserved in situ on landing. Roof truss shows enormous arched tie beam on huge braces, both hollow chamfered. Crown post above divides 2 uneven bays of hall. At either end braces on responds match crown post. Considerable modern extensions to rear. Listing NGR: TQ4986651353

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 4986 5135 (point)
Map sheet TQ45SE
Civil Parish SUNDRIDGE WITH IDE HILL, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 10:25AM