Listed Building record TQ 65 NE 57 - 148-154 Mill Street, East Malling

Summary

Late C15 or early C16 housing Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1467 to 1999 Timber framed house of two storeys with a 2-bay cross wing jettied at the front. The existing hall range is a 16th century continuous jetty builidng but there was certainly an earlier hall range probably constructed before the surviving wing

Location

Grid reference TQ 69559 57307 (point) KNT
Map sheet TQ65NE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Late C15 or early C16 housing

Description from record TQ 65 NE 321:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST MALLING & LARKFIELD MILL STREET TQ 65 NE (north side) 7/173 - Nos 148-152 (even)
- II
Farmhouse, now divided. Late C15-early C16. Originally Wealden hall, with inserted central jetty. Random rubble plinth, exposed framing above south, with continuous jetty on joists and brackets and curved wind-braces on 1st floor. Central jetty now blocked but evidence of recess in discontinued nature of jetty to left and in eaves formation. Brick ground-floor to left and right, exposed framing on 1st floor with plaster infill. Plain tiled hipped roof with main stack off-centre to left. Off-ridge to front, and right end stack with project- ing breast. 2 storeys; 3 windows, mixed easements, irregular. 7 1 extra very small casement, 2 in from left, on 1st floor. 1 glazing bar sash on ground floor to left with C18 shutters. 3 boarded doors, at extreme left, to right of right-hand window and 1 in original position at left-hand side of recess. C20 extensions at rear and right hand side.
Listing NGR: TQ6956157303 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF040165 148-152 MILL STREET, EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/249 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of number 148 to 152 Mill Street, East Malling


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

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> 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 9 2024 1:41PM