Listed Building record TQ 75 SE 30 - Abbey Gate Farmhouse nr Maidstone

Summary

15th c + later farmhouse Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1599

Location

Grid reference TQ 7526 5365 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ75SE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone, Kent. Aug 1974 93.
  • <2>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20546 Farmhosue, ]

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Record last edited

Jul 15 2021 4:42PM