Listed Building: CHEQUERS (1054005)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1776, 10, 76
Date assigned 26 April 1968
Date last amended

Description

HEADCORN HIGH STREET TQ 8344 (South side) 10/76 Chequers 26.4.68 GV II House. C16 with earlier wing to right, restored 1980s. Timber framed, with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. C16 central section of 2 timber-framed bays, that to right shorter and subdivided into 2 on ground floor. Cross-wing to right, extending to rear. Separately framed bay or cross-wing to left. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Right wing jettied on solid brackets. Continuous jetty to central section with slender moulded shafts beneath solid brackets. Left end bay probably formerly jettied, now underbuilt. Right end bay and right central by close- studded. Broadly-spaced close-studding to left central bay. Broadly- spaced studding with 2 tension braces to left and bay. Right wing with higher eaves and lower ridge, hipped to front with gablet. Left end bay formerly with lower eaves, now roofed with central section, with hip to left and hipped down to right wing. Slender projecting brick stack to left end, brick stack to left end of right central bay and rear brick stack to junction of central section and right wing. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements. Ribbed door to right end of central section. Interior not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ8336544197

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8336 4419 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
Civil Parish HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM