Listed Building record TQ 74 NW 149 - LITTLE BENOVER, Yalding

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1632

Location

Grid reference TQ 7012 4863 (point)
Map sheet TQ74NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish YALDING, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
YALDING BENOVER ROAD TO 74 NW (South-west side) 4/66 Little Benover (formerly listed 23-5-67 as Little Benover Farm House) GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17. Timber framed with rendered infilling. First floor of left gable end tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Approximately 3 timber-framed bays, that to left end shorter and possibly a later addition. Apparently integral rear return wing to right. 2 storeys. Brick plinth to left end bay, stone plinth to rest. Continuous jetty, returned to right on moulded dragon post. Broadly-spaced studding. Two ogee tension braces to central bay and one to right end. Half-hipped roof. Brick stack in front slope of roof to left end of central bay, and projecting brick stack to right gable end. Irregular-fenestration of 3 leaded casements; one two-light;to;left end bay, another to centre, and one four-light to right end bay. Ribbed door with one moulded jamb and moulded four-centred arched head with carved spandrels, to right end of central bay. Rear right return wing has jetty to long right side continued from that of main range, one arch-braced panel towards main range, and rest of right side weatherboarded. Roof half-hipped to rear. Rear lean- to to rest of main range. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7012948631


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

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Record last edited

Sep 10 2009 1:43PM