Listed Building record TQ 83 NE 171 - WEAVERS COTT

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1555 Weavers' Court (alias The Cot(t)) three quarters of a mile north east of the Church. L-shaped timber-framed and close-studded building with plaster infilling. The main or east-west wing is early C16, circa 1535, the south wing probably a later addition. Two storeys. The 1st floor of the north front mostly oversails on a moulded bressumer and brackets but the west corner of the ground floor is faced with red brick and the 1st floor above it never was jettied. The whole of the west front, of which the 1st floor once was jettied, has neen similarly underbuilt. Hipped tiled roof. Casement windows with small square leaded panes. On the 1st floor are 4 oriel windows of 5 lights with plaster coves beneath them and carved brackets at the side of them. On each side of thesse and of the ground floor windows were smaller windows now blocked. the south front is tile hung. The interior has no crown post to the roof but a C16 staircase and early C18 panelling. Moulded fireplaces upstairs.

Location

Grid reference TQ 85561 39354 (point)
Map sheet TQ83NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish BIDDENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

<1> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald (Ed Pevsner) 1969 164 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37832.

<2> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald (Ed Pevsner) 1969 164 (J Newman). [Mapped feature: #20398 building, ]
  • <2> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Aug 19 2021 11:41PM