Listed Building record TQ 84 SW 153 - MORTLEY AND THE VILLAGE SHOP
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8333 4423 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ84SW | 
| District | MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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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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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Jul 27 2015 3:13PM