Listed Building: 1-11 aka 5 Bridge Row (1060733)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1415, 1, 58
Date assigned 22 June 1977
Date last amended

Description

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA THE QUARRIES TQ 75 SE (North side) 1/58 Nos. 1-11 (odd) (also known as Nos. 1,1A,2,3,4 22.6.1977 and 5 Bridge Row) GV II Row of 6 cottages, formerly incorporating shop to right end. 1827. Small blocks of evenly-coursed stone. Ground floor rendered. Slate roof. Built on corner site, facing on to Bottlescrew Hill. 2 storeys and garret, with cellar to right end. Gabled. Central stone ridge stack and 2 further stone stacks evenly-spaced towards gable ends. Regular 6-window front of small deeply-recessed 12-pane sashes, one pair flanking each stack. 6 doors, in spaces between windows; half-glazed to left end to No. 11, boarded to No. 9 and half-glazed to No. 7 adjacent to left of centre, boarded to No. 5 and half- glazed to No. 3 adjacent to right of centre, and half-glazed to right end to No. 1. Slate-roofed pentice supported on rustic poles across whole of front elevation. Stone rear lean-to to right, with low single-storey stone wing continuing from it to rear, facing on to The Quarries. Small multipane shop window,hinged for shutters or shelf and with shallow wooden cornice, towards front of right gable end. Door towards rear of gable. Plaque under central stack inscribed "With INDUSTRY, ECONOMY, HONESTY, CIVILITY and CLEANLINESS a poor man may be Happy and Respectable. 1827". Interior not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ7688351734

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7697 5172 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SE
Civil Parish BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM