Listed Building: BARRACK COTTAGES (1060943)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1674, 2, 15 | 
| Date assigned | 26 April 1968 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            BROOMFIELD              LOWER BROOMFIELD TQ 85 SW                                  ROAD                                           [west side] 2/15                        Barrack Cottages 26.4.68 GV                        II
Cottage row.  Early 19th century.  Coursed galletted stone on galletted stone plinth, with end pilaster strips and broad full- height central panel in chequered red and grey brick.  Two 3-course plat bands in English bond with central grey brick header course; one above plinth and one between floors.  Red brick window and door dressings.  Two parallel ranges.  2 storeys and cellars, with dentilled red brick eaves cornice.  Hipped roof, hips returning to right and left.  4 stacks; one towards each end, one at left end and one to rear at right end.  Regular 7-window front of deeply recessed round-headed 2-light casements with projecting keystones and cills; one to central panel and 3 smaller ones to each side section.  No keystone to central window.  8 ground-floor windows in pairs under outer windows of each side section.  3 recessed round-headed boarded doors, central door broader, each with 2 segmental top lights; one to central panel and one to centre of each side section, that to right up 2 steps.  Broad chamfered wooden hood over central door.  Coach house added to right.  Stone with red brick dressings.  2 storeys.  Lean-to roof with stone-coped parapet. One window in same style as cottages.  Blocked double doorway to ground floor.  Single-storey stone lean-to added to right of coach- house, formerly part of a bullock yard.  Interior not inspected, but said to retain original doors.  Associated with Leeds Castle.
Listing NGR: TQ8389652518
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
 
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8389 5251 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ85SW | 
| Civil Parish | BROOMFIELD AND KINGSWOOD, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 1:22PM