Listed Building: TITHE BARN (1060682)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1416, 1, 136
Date assigned 13 January 1987
Date last amended

Description

TQ 74 NW MARDEN DAIRY LANE (south west end) 1/136 Tithe Barn 13.1.87 - II Barn, now house. C17 and C19 additions, converted to house in 1970s. Timber-framed, with exposed studding and rendered infilling. West elevation weatherboarded. Plain tile roof. 3 timber-framed bays, formerly with central midstrey. 2 storeys, on part brick, part, ragstone plinth. East (rear) elevation: tension braces to each end bay and three studs to central bay on first floor, central stud to each end bay on ground floor. Tension braces to first floor of gable ends. Some later studding with straight bracing. Steeply- pitched hipped roof, with gablet to south end. Late C20 brick ridge stack towards south end. Irregular fenestration of 3 pairs of two- light leaded casements. Central boarded door. West elevation: single-storey gabled and weatherboarded C19 additon running west from north end bay. C19 weatherboarded lean-to to south end bay, formerly returned along south gable end. Late C20 brick lean-to to rest of elevation, with boarded door towards centre. Interior: exposed framing. Gunstock-jowled posts. Chamfered arch-braced tie beams. Clasped purlin roof with diminishing principal rafters; cambered collars without queen struts, ogee windbraces to midstrey bay and intermediate collar to north end bay. Threshing-floor braces with horizontal boarding to north side, vertical to south. Accrington Nori brick to floor of north west addition. Listing NGR: TQ7271047426

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7270 4742 (point)
Map sheet TQ74NW
Civil Parish MARDEN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM