Listed Building record TR 04 SW 270 - 51-55 High Street

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1976. Nos 51 to 55 (odd) Grade II* Together with Church Gates, The Churchyard. The range facing Middle Row is C15 to C16 timber framed with close-studding to Nos 53 and 55, plastered to No 51. 2 storeys and attics. Hipped tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. 6 windows

Location

Grid reference TR 0105 4277 (point)
Map sheet TR04SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ASHFORD, ASHFORD, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TR 04 SW 25 :
5344 High Street (South Side) TR 0142 NW 1/8 24.9.51. Nos 51 to 55 (odd) II* GV (TR 010144277 - O.S. 1:2500 1960) 2. Together with Church Gates, The Churchyard. The range facing Middle Row is C15 to C16 timber framed with close-studding to Nos 53 and 55, plastered to No 51. 2 storeys and attics. Hipped tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. 6 windows and (1) Not mentioned in the Buildings of England. (2)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5344 HIGH STREET (South Side) Nos 51 to 55 (odd) TR 0142 NW 1/8 24.9.51. II* GV 2. Together with Church Gates, The Churchyard. The range facing Middle Row is C15 to C16 timber framed with close-studding to Nos 53 and 55, plastered to No 51. 2 storeys and attics. Hipped tiled roof with 2 gabled dormers. 6 windows and a loft door with hoist. Sashes with glazing bars intact and one smalI bay of 3 lights. Ground floor has modern shop fronts but at the north-west corner of No 55 are good curved glazed double doors to the shop, placed in a reeded architrave surround. Nos 53 and 55 have exposed beams. No 55 having chamfered edges and also a 4 centred doorway with blank spandrels. To the rear of Nos 53 and 55 is an C18 house of higher elevation facing the Churchyard called Church Gates. 3 storeys red brick. Hipped tiled roof with wooden modillion eaves cornice. 4 windows, several of them modern and a C19 cast iron balcony added on the 1st floor. Doorcase in moulded architrave surround with projecting cornice supported on consoles, low rectangular fanlight and 6-panelled moulded door. To the rear of No 51 is an C18 building of 2 storeys stuccoed. Hipped tiled roof with 1 hipped dormer. 1 sash with glazing bars intact. Shop front to ground floor. Plain recessed doorcases.
Nos 51 to 61 (odd), 61A, 63 to 67 (odd), 67A, 69 to 71 (odd). 75 and the rear part of 75 form a group with all items in The Churchyard. Listing NGR: TR0105142770 (3)


<1> DOE(HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent June 1976 28 (OS Card Reference). SKE40883.

<2> Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent and Weald (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37721.

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

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent June 1976 28.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent and Weald (J Newman).
  • <3>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21346 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Nov 11 2021 2:27PM