Listed Building record TQ 74 NE 59 - MILE BUSH FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1695 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 7551 4591 (point)
Map sheet TQ74NE
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MARDEN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 74 NE MARDEN BATTLE LANE (south side)
2/13 Mile Bush Farmhouse 25.5.67 (formerly listed as Horlands Farm)
GV II
Farmhouse. Circa 1715, with mid-to-late C20 alterations. Ground floor red and grey brick in Flemish bond, first floor tile-hung. Ground floor of left gable end has broadly-spaced studding with brick infilling and lacing pieces. Plain tile roof. Formerly lobby entry plan of 2 timber-framed bays and central stack bay. 2 storeys and attic. Ragstone plinth to rear. Boxed eaves. Half-hipped roof. Central brick ridge stack. Three hipped two-light dormers. Irregular fenestration of 3 casements; two three-light and central two-light. Central half-glazed door. Bracketed gabled door hood with coved plastered soffit and raised decoration with inscription PC . 17 15 Central two-storey rear stair turret, increased in height in C20. Rear lean-to to right and left. Interior: exposed framing. Cut jowls to principal posts. Curved bracing. Staggered butt purlin roof.
Listing NGR: TQ7551545916


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

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM