Listed Building record TQ 75 SE 30 - Abbey Gate Farmhouse nr Maidstone
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7526 5365 (point) FCE |
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Map sheet | TQ75SE |
County | KENT |
District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Full Description
(TQ 75255365 - Sited from HHR map) Abbey Gate Farmhouse. A 15th to 16th century wealden hall-house (For full description, see list). (1)
Description from record TQ 75 SE 264:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STOCKETT LANE 1. 5278 (West Side) Abbey Gate Farmhouse TQ 75 SE 11/167 30.7.5l. II*
2. A Cl5 to C16 wealden hall-house with the ground floor almost wholly plastered but the timber-framing with curved braces exposed on the 1st floor. 2 storeys and attics. Hipped tiled roof. 2 tiny hipped dormers. 4 casement windows, some with small square leaded panes. The rear elevation has 3 original wooden mullioned windows. The interior contains a crown post roof and screens passages with 2 original openings to Pantry and Buttery. Fine late C16 wooden fireplace with shields in spandrels and massive stone chimneystack rising through the house. The solar end has arches with Renaissance reeded pilasters.
Listing NGR: TQ7617455579 (2)
<1> DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone, Kent. Aug 1974 93 (OS Card Reference). SKE40306.
<2> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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Record last edited
Jul 15 2021 4:42PM