Listed Building: CARTSHED IMMEDIATELY NORTH EAST OF LITTLE LUCY'S COTTAGE (1070396)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1694, 5, 150 |
Date assigned | 19 February 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
HILDENBOROUGH LOWER STREET (north side) TQ 54 NE 5/150 Cartshed immediately north - east of Little Lucy's Cottage GV II
Cartshed on the Leigh estate. Dated 1875. Built for Samuel Morley, who owned the estate in the 1870s. Red brick with bullnose brick dressings the gables clad in imitation of timber framing the infill roughcast; peg-tile roof. Vernacular Revival style.
Plan: Rectangular on plan with a 2-bay open fronted cartshed in the centre flanked by store rooms.
Exterior: Single storey. Symmetrical overall with some variations to the openings. The cartshed entrances are divided by an iron column. The framed gables of the store rooms to left and right have timber pendants. The left hand gable has a segmental-arched doorway to the left, a segmental-arched 2- light small-pane casement to the right and 2 low round-headed openings. The right hand gable has a central segmental-arched doorway with a C19 stable door, flanked by 2-light unglazed windows. Datestone of 1875 with the initials SM.
Roof: 1875 tie-beam, king post and strut trusses with diagonal boarding concealing the rafters.
Samuel Morley, Liberal M.P. and hosiery millionaire employed both George Devey and George and Peto on the Leigh estate houses and cottages.
Group value with Little Lucy's Cottage.
Listing NGR: TQ5521248065
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5521 4806 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ54NE |
Civil Parish | HILDENBOROUGH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 11:31AM