Listed Building record TQ 84 SW 153 - MORTLEY AND THE VILLAGE SHOP

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1999.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8333 4423 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEADCORN HIGH STREET TQ 8344 (North side) 10/64 Mortley and the Village Shop
GV II
Shop row and dwelling. C16 and earlier, with C18 and later alterations and additions. Timber framed. Ground floor painted brick, first floor tile-hung. Exposed studding with rendered infilling to long left side of wing. 2 timber-framed bays, with cross-wing to left of approximately 3 timber-framed bays projecting to front and rear. Front bay of wing probably built as shop. Separately framed, and possibly older section to right of stack. 2 storeys. Evidence for continuous jetty to 2 left timber-framed bays of main range. Hipped roof to wing with ridge lower than main range. Roof of main range in 2 sections, that to right of stack higher. Ridge stack to left end of right section, towards centre of main range. 2 truncated stacks to left side of wing. Irregular fenestration of five 3-light casements; one to wing, one to left section of main range and 3, set lower, to right section. C20 ground floor shop fronts. Half-glazed doors; to Mortley to left end of main range and to Village Shop towards right end. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing to Mortley with moulded beam over probable shop front of wing. Combed plaster panel to first floor of wing.
Listing NGR: TQ8333944236


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

Jul 27 2015 3:13PM