Listed Building: STEPPES HILL FARMHOUSE (1336259)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 144, 2, 175 | 
| Date assigned | 20 July 1984 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            TQ 86 SW                 STOCKBURY                SOUTH STREET ROAD                                                   (south-east side)
2/175                      Steppes Hill Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse.  Early C17 and earlier with C18 additions, restored in C20.  Timber-framed, ground floor pebble-dashed, first floor with applied studding, right gable end tile-hung.  Lobby entry plan of 3 timber-framed bays and stack bay. Rear stair turret.  2 storeys on brick plinth with continuous jetty which continues round left gable end.  Applied close-studding with arch braces.  Roof hipped to left, half-hipped to right.  Multiple stack in front slope of roof off-centre to left, and projecting brick stack to right.  Panelled door beneath stack with simple canopy over.  Timber-framed stair turret behind stack, clad in brick.  Rear wing  to left: C17 or earlier core.  Timber-framed with plain tile roof, brick-cladd in C18 with plat band.  Roof half-hipped to junction with front range.  Much lower C18 extension to wing, timber-framed and clad in brick.  Large c20 rear extention to left.  Interior: front range has clasped purlin roof with reducing principal rafters, altered at both ends.  Left end bay of front range incorporates fragment of cross- wing of earlier building.  Rear wing has ovolo-moulded mullion window with secondary diamond mullions.  Exposed beams and posts.  Marked on O.S. map as Hill Farm.
Listing NGR: TQ8334661055
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8334 6105 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ86SW | 
| Civil Parish | STOCKBURY, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 1:22PM