Listed Building record TQ 75 NW 76 - Court Farmhouse, Eccles, Aylesford
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7279 5904 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ75NW |
County | KENT |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | AYLESFORD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(TQ 72795904) Court Farm (NAT). (1) Court Farmhouse, Bull Lane. Grade II* Hall-house, now farmhouse. Probably 16th century with some earlier remains (for full description see list). (2) Not mentioned in The Buildings of England. (3)
Description from record TQ 75 NW 235:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
AYLESFORD CP BULL LANE TQ 7259 (north side) 11/25 Court Farmhouse 1.8.52
GV II*
Hall-house, now farmhouse. Probably C16 with some earlier remains. Timber- framed with painted brick ground floor and rendered first floor. Plain tiled roof, hipped to left, with large left-end brick stack and random rubble stone projecting breast, and ridge stack off-centre to right. 2 storeys; 3 windows, slightly irregular, triple casements above, six-light casements below. Half- glazed door to left of central window, with C19 gabled porch with barge-boards and wooden supports. South front originally jettied with joist-ends now supported by large bressummer. Blocked 4-light mullioned window on 1st floor. Interior: Much evidence of substantial frame. C17 spiral staircase with solid newel and timber treads in framed addition to rear. Collar-purlin roof with moulded crown-post. C17 boarded door with original snecked latch in attic. Original door-surround, probably C15 and arched, at staircase end of screens- passage, but facing in towards building rather than out. 2 mullioned windows are said to have been found also facing into the building.
Listing NGR: TQ7279359043 (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48214.
<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1987 11 (OS Card Reference). SKE40385.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37841.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (4)
- <1> SKE48214 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1972.
- <2> SKE40385 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1987 11.
- <3> SKE37841 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman).
- <4>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20042 Find, ]
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Record last edited
Jul 14 2021 6:48PM