Listed Building record TQ 84 NW 36 - Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton

Summary

Divers Farmhouse : listed building Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 8347 4863 (point) KNT
Map sheet TQ84NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish EAST SUTTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Listed building : no additional information available

Description from record TQ 84 NW 153:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST SUTTON EAST SUTTON ROAD TQ 84 NW (east side) 5/72 Divers Farmhouse 26.4.68 GV II
Farmhouse, formerly cottages, now farmhouse. C15 with late C16/early C17 and late C18/early C19 alterations. Timber framed. Front elevation clad with red brick with occasional grey headers in Flemish bond. First floor of central recess tile-hung. Stone ground floor to left gable end. Wealden of 2 almost equal-length hall bays and storeyed bay to each end. 2 storeys and attics. Right and left end bays project slightly. Roof hipped with gablets to left and three-quarters hipped to right. Dormer to left hip and to front. Brick stack in front slope of roof to right end of left bay of hall. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements; one 3-light to each outer bay and to right hall bay and one 2-light over door. Ground-floor windows of outer bays have segmental heads. Ribbed door to left end of left hall bay. Interior: exposed framing. Moulded end-of-hall beams. Moulded beams to inserted floor. 4-centred arched fireplace with long spears to spandrels. Ovolo-moulded mullion windows with diamond subsidiary mullions. Moulded crown post.
Listing NGR: TQ8348048630 (1)

Historic England archive material: (2)

Wealden house with formerly open 2-bay hall. The lower end appears to have had a normal plan. Both floors at the ends were heightened in the post medieval period. (3)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Historic England, Archive material associated with Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55823.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #14354 Listed building, ]
  • <2> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton, Listed Building.
  • <3> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Sep 18 2024 1:17PM