Description from record TQ 94 SW 16:
Listed building : no additional information available

Description from record TQ 94 SW 10:
(TQ 93574376) Dowle Street Cottage (NAT) (1) 5272 PLUCKLEY DOWLE STREET ROAD Dowle Street Cottages TQ 94 SW 14/136 14.2.67. II* 2. This building was the original Dowle Street Farmhouse. Probably C15 timber-framed building, with plaster infilling and curved braces on the first floor. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. One bay on ground and first floors with gable over. The first floor window in this has 2 tiers of 6 lights with wooden mullions and transoms. Three casement windows. Doorcase with flat hood on brackets. The first floor of the north-east front oversails on the protruding ends of the floor joists. The first floor of the south-west front also did so originally but has been underbuilt in brick, now painted, with a pentice addition. A good example of a late mediaeval hall- house. (2) Dowle Street, early half-timbered house, the upper storey projecting at the short ends but not to the front. (3)

Formerly TQ 94 SW 10 and TQ 94 SW 16

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 PLUCKLEY DOWLE STREET ROAD Dowle Street Cottages TQ 94 SW 14/136 14.2.67. II* 2. This building was the original Dowle Street Farmhouse. Probably C15 timber-framed building, with plaster infilling and curved braces on the first floor. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. One bay on ground and first floors with gable over. The first floor window in this has 2 tiers of 6 lights with wooden mullions and transoms. Three casement windows. Doorcase with flat hood on brackets. The first floor of the north-east front oversails on the protruding ends of the floor joists. The first floor of the south-west front also did so originally but has been underbuilt in brick, now painted, with a pentice addition. A good example of a late mediaeval hall-house. Listing NGR: TQ9357243757 (4)

Historic England archive material: BF040120 DOWLE STREET COTTAGE, PLUCKLEY File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.

<1> OS 1:2500 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48215.

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 171 (OS Card Reference). SKE39820.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 466 (OS Card Reference). SKE37903.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.