Listed Building record TQ 74 NE 99 - WANSHURST

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 7635 4528 (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 (east side)
2/8 Wanshurst
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17 with C19 facade. Timber framed. Ground floor red and grey brick in Flemish bond, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan, with approximately one timber-framed bay to left and three to right of stack bay, those to right apparently divided to form a single-bay room immediately to right of stack and a two-bay room to right end. 2 storeys, on low brick plinth. Half-hipped roof. Multiple brick ridge stack to left of centre. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements; one four-light to left, one small three-light under stack, one three-light to right and one four-light to right end. Three-light diamond mullion first-floor rear window to right. Ribbed door in gabled brick porch under stack. Rear lean-to to left. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Chamfered axial beam, and brick fireplace in English bond with wooden bressumer, to room to right of stack. Chamfered cross- beam and broadly-chamfered joists to right end room. Formerly known as Wanshurst Green.
Listing NGR: TQ7633045285


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