Listed Building: TILTS HOUSE (1060761)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1415, 1, 30
Date assigned 23 May 1967
Date last amended

Description

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA HEATH ROAD TQ 75 SE (North side) Cock Street 1/30 Tilts House (formerly listed 23.5.67 as Tilts Farm House) GV II Farmhouse, now house. Early C18, with early-to-mid C19 alterations. Red and grey brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. Double depth, but ranges possibly of slightly different dates. 2 storeys. Stone plinth, plain to front range, galleted to rear. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Brick-coped and kneelered gable ends to each range. Gable end stacks to front range, and gable end stack to left of rear range. Irregular fenestration of two multipane sashes with shallow sloping 'hoods' and central 20-pane sash, all in altered openings. Segmental heads to multipane ground-floor windows. Central panelled door with 4-light rectangular fanlight and flat hood. Interior: only partly inspected. High ceilings to front range with chamfered axial beams. Panelled doors. Stone-flagged entrance hall, with C18 dog-leg staircase rising towards rear of front range, branching twice to first floor rooms of rear range. Iron range to rear stack dated 1720. See also items 1/31 and 1/32. Listing NGR: TQ7791250831

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7791 5083 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SE
Civil Parish BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM