Listed Building: BIFRONS COTTAGE (1085543)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 956, 28, 473
Date assigned 14 March 1980
Date last amended

Description

1. 5273 PATRIXBOURNE THE STREET (west side) Bifrons Cottage TR 1855 28/473 II GV 2. Probably the dower house of Bifrons mansion. Similar to the other cottages ornés in the estate village built or altered in the mid-late C19, but larger. The north-east front is half-H-shaped. Tiled roof with grouped chimney stacks. Two storeys in painted brick, the first floor of the wings faced with roughcast. Three gables. Three windows, casements. The first floor of the wings oversails and is supported on elaborate carved columns. Scalloped bargeboards to the gables. Small bay on the ground floor of the centre portion, including door and flanking lights. The north-west front is of higher elevation. One window. Gable with similar bargeboards and coronet and date 1870. Bay window of 3 tiers of 5 lights on ground and first floors. Small gabled porch to the north-east of this. Listing NGR: TR1887855357

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1887 5535 (point)
Map sheet TR15NE
Civil Parish BEKESBOURNE-WITH-PATRIXBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 4:25PM