Listed Building record TQ 83 SW 218 - KINGPOST

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1799 C15th timber-framed house

Location

Grid reference TQ 84435 31581 (point)
Map sheet TQ83SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ROLVENDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROLVENDEN HIGH STREET 1. 5272 (east side) Nos 75 and 77 (Kingpost) (formerly listed as King Post Cottage) TQ, 8431 18/315 4.6.52. II* GV
2. C15 timber framed house of 2 storeys with plaster infilling and some close-studding on the ground floor, the 1st floor weatherboarded and over-sailing on brackets. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. Three casement windows and small bay on ground floor. At the north end is an C18 ground floor addition of one window bay in painted brick and beyond this an C18 workshop (not now used as such) of 2 storeys faced with weatherboarding with a tiled roof and a long continuous window of many panes on the 1st floor. Listing NGR: TQ8444031565 (1)

Description from record TQ 83 SW 13:
(TQ 84443158 - sited from HHR map) 5272 ROLVENDEN HIGH STREET (east side) Nos 75 and 77 (Kingpost) (formerly listed as King Post Cottage) TQ 8431 18/315 4.6.52. Grade II* C15 Timber framed house of 2 storeys with plaster infilling and some close-studding on the ground floor, the 1st floor weatherboarded and over-sailing on brackets. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. Three casement windows and small bay on ground floor. At the north end is an C18 ground floor addition of one window bay in painted brick and beyond this an C18 workshop (not now used as such) of 2 storeys faced with weatherboarding with a tiled roof and a long continuous window of many panes on the 1st floor. (2)

HE archive material: BF095181 75-77 HIGH STREET, ROLVENDEN, ASHFORD


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 95 (OS Card Reference). SKE40192.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22625 Listed building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 95.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Aug 23 2021 2:13PM