Listed Building: BARN AT TQ 829 449 (1054090)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1776, 7, 84
Date assigned 05 March 1985
Date last amended

Description

HEADCORN MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 829 449 (East side) 7/84 Barn at TO 829 449 5.3.85 II Barn, now house. C15 with C18, C19 and late C20 alterations. Timber framed, weatherboarded, on stone plinth, with plain tile roof. At right-angles to road. Three timber-framed bays with front and rear aisles. Full-height central entrance to north, to which porch with hipped roof added in C18. Mid C19 nearly full-height entrance inserted to south. C19 lean-tos to right and left. Hipped roof. Interior: principal posts with cut jowls, arch- braced to tie-beams and arcade plates. Rafters trenched for lapped collars, re-ordered with side purlins in C18, and with ridge piece inserted later. Mortices for curved passing shores to aisles; trench remains in north-west aisle tie. Most of wall studding replaced. Evidence for studs between nave and south aisle. Grooving for infilling to gable ends of nave and aisles. Scribed carpenter's marks. Stop-splayed edge-halved scarf joint. Covered yard erected to south 1866-98 and demolished 1984. Listing NGR: TQ8290044900

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8294 4495 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
Civil Parish HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM