Listed Building: VALENCE HOUSE (1060903)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1674, 7, 116
Date assigned 20 October 1952
Date last amended

Description

SUTTON VALENCE BROAD STREET TQ 8049-8149 (south side) 7/116 Valence House 20.10.52 GV II House, now part of school. 1596 with later additions to rear. Timber framed, rendered, with plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan. 2 storeys and attics. Symmetrical facade. Right and left gable ends slightly jettied at eaves. 2 gabled dormers rising from eaves to front, very slightly jettied, on moulded brackets, at eaves of house, and again at eaves of dormer. Moulded bargeboards and carved pendant to each gable. Central corbelled and filletted brick ridge stack. Regular fenestration of one 3-light wood mullion window to each gable. 2-storey canted bay beneath each gable of front elevation, with 3-light Ipswich window to each floor. 2-storey bay window on scrolled brackets to right gable end. Central projecting 2-storey porch, also with moulded bargeboard and pendant. Ipswich window to first floor. Ground floor enclosed except for frieze of turned balusters immediately under first floor on each side. Door of 2 broad panels. C19 rear additions Interior not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ8139749205

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8139 4920 (point)
Map sheet TQ84NW
Civil Parish SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM