Listed Building record TQ 74 NE 96 - OLD FARMHOUSE, MOAT FARM, Chart Sutton

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1367 to 1699

Location

Grid reference TQ 7971 4781 (point)
Map sheet TQ74NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish CHART SUTTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CHART SUTTON GREEN LANE TQ 74 NE [east side] Old Farmhouse, 4/39 Moat Farm 26.4.68 (formerly listed as Moat Farmhause II
Farmhouse. C17 or earlier. Timber framed. Ground and first floor of left wing rendered. Range to right painted brick on ground floor, tile-hung above. Plain tile roof. Main range with cross-wing projecting forwards slightly to left end. Further range behind cross-wing and set back from it. 2 storeys. Wing jettied to front and left side. Roof of wing hipped to front, with slightly lower ridge than rest. Projecting brick stack with stone base to left side of wing and brick stack in front slope of roof towards right end of main range. Irregular fenestration of 3 casements; one 4-light to wing, one fixed light and one 3-light to main range. Ribbed door with moulded jambs and vase stops in painted brick lean-to porch with (possibly re-used) wooden jambs with similar moulding, at left end of main range. Half-glazed door in rear left range at junction with wing. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7927647977 (1)

Dendrochronology dating of the service-end cross wing. Date range 1367-1402. (2)

Timber framed 2-bay 2-storey lower end cross wing at the north end of the present house. Formerly jettied at the front and the external side and rear. The existing hall range to the south was built in the 16th century. There is a 17th century kitchen wing at the rear of the cross wing. (3)

Historic England archive material (4)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 22, Pg. 44 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<4> Historic England, Archive material associated with Old Moat Farmhouse, Chart Sutton, Listed Building (Archive). SKE57210.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 22, Pg. 44.
  • <3> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
  • <4> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Old Moat Farmhouse, Chart Sutton, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Dendrochronology of the service-end cross wing of Old Moat Farmhouse, Chart Sutton (EKE11698)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Oct 22 2024 12:07PM