Listed Building: CHURCH FARMHOUSE (1344277)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1674, 2, 11
Date assigned 26 April 1968
Date last amended

Description

BROOMFIELD LOWER BROOMFIELD TQ 85 SW ROAD (east side) 2/11 Church Farmhouse 26.4.68 GV II Farmhouse. Mid 15th century, with early-to-mid 19th century facade. Timber-framed. Ground floor of front elevation clad in chequered red and grey brick, first floor hung with alternate bands of plain and fishscale tiles. Ground floor and first floor of left gable end weatherboarded. 4 timber-framed bays:- open hall of 2 slightly unequal-length bays, with cross passage in shorter left end bay; storeyed end bays. 2 storeys and garret on stone plinth. Left gable end jettied. Roof half-hipped with gablet to left, hipped to right. Multiple brick ridge stack off-centre to left. Irregular fenestration of 3 windows; one 3-light and two 2-light leaded casements; no windows to left of stack. Panelled door with 2 top lights under flat bracketed hood slightly to left of stack. Rear lean-to. Interior: Exposed framing. 2 adjacent 4-centred arched doorheads with solid spandrels between former ground-floor passage and left end bay. Large gunstock jowls. Moulded central crown-post on cambered and formerly heavily braced tie-beam. Ogee end-of-hall braces on first floor. Listing NGR: TQ8385552452

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8385 5245 (point)
Map sheet TQ85SW
Civil Parish BROOMFIELD AND KINGSWOOD, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM