[TQ 7484 5429] Bydews Place [NAT] (1) Bydews Place, Grade II*, Tovil Green. Formerly Beddowes Place. A 15th to 16th century Wealden Hall house refronted in the 18th century.(For full description see list.) (2)

Description from record TQ 75 SW 220:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TOVIL GREEN 1. 5278 (West Side) Bydews Place TQ 75 SW 10/173 30.7.5l. II* GV
2. Formerly Beddowes Place. The home of the antiquary, the Rev Beale Poste. A Cl5 to C16 Weaden Hall house refronted in the C18. L-shaped. The front elevation which consists of a centre and 2 wings is of 2 storeys and attics with a plastered front. Hipped tiled roof with 4 dormers. 4 windows in all. Some casement windows with small square leaded panes, some sashes with glazing bars intact. Some modern windows. C19 gabled porch. Stone chimeybreast on the south-west side. North-east wing of stone with 2 casements, probably C17. The interior contains a triple crown post roof.
Bydews Place, Dovecote in the grounds of By dews Place, Cottage to north-west of Bydews Place, Bydews Farmhouse, Former Granary to the south-west of Bydews Farmhouse and Oasthouse at Bydews Farm to the south-west of the former Granary form a group. Listing NGR: TQ7484154296 (3)

<1> OS 1:1250 1958 (OS Card Reference). SKE48176.

<2> DOE(HHR) Boro of Maidstone Kent Aug 1974 98 (OS Card Reference). SKE40836.

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<4> Heritage Collective, 2017, Heritage statement, Bydews Place, Farleigh Hill, Maidstone, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE53037.