Listed Building record TQ 94 NW 230 - JENNINGS FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1540

Location

Grid reference TQ 9315 4599 (point)
Map sheet TQ94NW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish PLUCKLEY, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 PLUCKLEY CHARING ROAD Jennings Farmhouse TQ 9345 27/14 14.2.67. II 2. Probably a late mediaeval hall-house. A timber-framed building, with the timber- framing and plaster infilling exposed in the north-west wall, the ground floor partly refaced with stone rubble but wholly refronted on the south-west side, with stone rubble on the ground floor and tile-hung above. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Four Dering windows.
Listing NGR: TQ9315145993 (1)

Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1490-1524. (2)

Formerly open 2-bay hall and upper end of a medieval house survive. The upper end may originally have been jettied. Medieval lower end was replaced circa 1600. (3)

Historic England archive material (4)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 20, Pg. 43 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<4> Historic England, Archive material associated with Jennings Farmhouse, Pluckly, Listed Building (Archive). SKE57095.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 20, Pg. 43.
  • <3> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
  • <4> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Jennings Farmhouse, Pluckly, Listed Building.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Intrusive Event: Dendrochronology dating of Jennings Farmhouse, Pluckley (EKE11751)

Record last edited

Sep 18 2024 3:26PM