Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 84 - No 70 Lower Stone Street (15th c)

Summary

No 70 Lower Stone Street (15th c) Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499

Location

Grid reference TQ 7624 5539 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

No 70 Lower Stone Street. Grade II*. (TQ 76245540 - OS 1:2500 1958). Includes No 4a Knightrider Street. Together they are called Mile Farm House. Interesting restored 15thc timber-framed building. (1) Additional bibliography. (2)

Description from record TQ 75 NE 458:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LOWER STONE STREET 5278 (West Side) No 70 TQ 7655 SW 7/47 30.7.51. II* GV
2. Includes No 4A Knightrider Street. Together tley are called Mile Farm House. Interesting restored C15 timber framed building with the 1st floor jettied on both the front facing Lower Stone Street and that facing Knightrider Street on the protruding ends of the floor joists, brackets and heavy corner post. 2 storeys and attics. 1 window facing Upper Stone Street, 5 windows facing Knightrider Street. The front facing Upper Stone Street had curved braces on the 1st floor and a gable with an attic window in it. The£front facing Knightrider Street has a small portion in the centre carried up high above the roof level with a gable over and attic window in it. Tiled roof. Modern casement windows. One blocked original window with wooden mullions on the ground floor of the front facing Knightrider Street. No 70 contains a dragon beam
Nos 26 to 36 (even), 40 to 46 (even) and 50 to 70 (even) form a group. Also forms a group with Nos 4A and 6 to 10 (even) Knightrider Street. Listing NGR: TQ7624455399 (3)


<1> DOE(HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent Aug 1974 65 (OS Card Reference). SKE40975.

<2> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 406-7 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37999.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent Aug 1974 65.
  • <2>XY OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 406-7 (J Newman). [Mapped feature: #19254 house, ]
  • <3> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Jul 8 2021 1:08PM