Listed Building: BARN WITH ATTACHED WELL HOUSE 30 YARDS EAST OF PADDLESWORTH OLD FARMHOUSE (1347909)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1347, 3, 230
Date assigned 01 August 1953
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for the following building:- SNODLAND PADDLESWORTH ROAD TQ 66 SE (north side) 3/230 Barn 30 yards east of Paddlesworth Old Farmhouse 1.8.53 GV II shall be amended to read:- TQ 66 SE SNODLAND PADDLESWORTH ROAD (north side) 3/230 Barn with attached well house 30 yards east of Paddlesworth 1.8.53 Old Farmhouse GV II Probable former hall-house, later converted into an apple store with well house, now barn and store. Late C15 or early Cl6 hall-house, extended by one bay at south end, altered and well house added in C18. Timber-framed with red brick ground floor in English bond, revealing some exposed framing, and weatherboarded first floor. Plain tiled hipped roof with gablet to north. Two storeys; 1 window on first floor to right, 3-light casement either side of central entrance. North side has window opening with diagonal mullion holes. South side has casement window with early C19 metal casement. Gabled timber-framed entrance with small boarded door to right. Upper part of entrance abuts on to west wall of barn with exposed arched braces with wattle and brick infill. Well house under left part of entrance, now blocked, with wooden winding gear above and original slate tank to left. Frame is morticed, tenoned and pegged. Series of graffiti inscribed on frame, the earliest 1831. Barn interior of 5 bays, the fifth bay added in the C18. Collar-purlin roof with 3 crownposts. Some tension braces to tie beams missing. Smoke blackened timbers. Heavily jowled posts. Floors probably inserted later, at time that 5th bay was added at south end. Well houses are a rare survival. SNODLAND CP PADDLESWORTH ROAD TO 66 SE (north side) 3/230 1.8.53 Barn 30 yards east of - Paddlesworth Old Farmhouse GV II Possible former hall-house, later apple-store with well, now barn and store. Late C15, early C16, with C19 elevations. Timber-framed with red brick ground- floor, revealing some exposed framing, and weatherboarded first-floor. Plain tiled hipped roof with gablet to left. 2 storeys; I window on first floor to right, lattice casement either side of central entrance. Gabled timber-framed entrance with small boarded door to right. Upper part of entrance abutts on to wall of block behind with arched braces and wattle and brick infill. Well under left part of entrance, now blocked, with winding gear above and tank to left. Interior: 5 bays, collar-purlin roof with crown-posts. Smoke blackened timbers. Heavily jowled posts. Floors possibly inserted later, at time that 5th bay was added at the south end. Listing NGR: TQ6943362098

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6851 6217 (point)
Map sheet TQ66SE
Civil Parish SNODLAND, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 11:31AM