Listed Building: STONE HOUSE (1240388)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1415, 1, 182B
Date assigned 07 August 1990
Date last amended

Description

The following building shall be added to the list:- BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA THE QUARRIES TQ 75 SE 1/182 No 68 (Stone House) II House. C.1835, extended by 1 bay in 1854. Built of coursed rubble from the Boughton Quarry, the front rendered with incised lines on stone plinth. Hipped slate roof with 2 brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys; 3 windows and 1 blank. 12-pane sashes in reveals with stone lintels 2 of the ground floor windows have C19 wooden shutters. 6 panelled door to left, the right side doorcase has been built out. L-wing to rear with stone which reads "NELSON BORN JULY 8TH 1848". Interior contains a series of contemporary fireplaces including a wooden fireplace with pilasters and marble fireplace with paterae original 4 panelled doors and built in commode. The rear kitchen has a brick and stone upper and C19 cast iron range made by Haynes of Maidstone but there is a possibility that this room was used as a workroom for the stone industry. [See "A Walk through Boughton's Quarries" Anne Creasey 1989-90] Listing NGR: TQ7728351684

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7728 5168 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SE
Civil Parish BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM