Listed Building record TQ 85 SE 210 - POLLHILL MILL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1533 to 1899 Pollhill Mill : listed building. A house built in the 16th century, altered in the 17th century, the late 18th century and the late 19th century.

Location

Grid reference TQ 86069 52275 (point)
Map sheet TQ85SE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish HARRIETSHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HARRIETSHAM POLL HILL TQ 85 SE 4/51 Pollhill Mill GV II
House. Mid C16 with C17, late C18 and late C19 alterations. Timber- framed, rendered, with plain tile roof. 2 storeys and attics on brick plinth, with continuous jetty to front, rear and left end, on plain brackets. Right end altered. Hipped roof with gablets. Multiple brick stack in rear slope of roof, off-centre to left. One early C19 dormer to right. Irregular fenestration of 3 windows; 2 two-light and 1 three-light casement. Boarded door in right end bay. Late C18 or early C19 addition to left half of front elevation, forming double depth. Timber framed, faced with channeled stucco with separate plain tile roof. Stack to right. One glazing-bar sash. Panelled door. Late C19 facade added to whole of left side elevation, largely obscuring jetty; channeled stucco, recessed sashes with horns, vermiculated keystone to ground=floor windows. Late C19 lean-to to right. Interior: 4 bays. Large inglenook with moulded stone jambs and double-corbelled top to left jamb (C20 bressumer). Front wall post of principal ground-floor room has blank shield carved under bracket beneath cross-beam. Tension braces to walls and partitions. Chamfered beams. Gunstock jowls. Plaincflown-posts with 2 curved downward and 2 upward braces. Attic floored, possibly in C17 and partitioned, with C19 corn-bins to one of central bays, and access in right end bay. C18 niche by stack in ground-floor left end bay.
Listing NGR: TQ8607052275 (1)

Description from record TQ 85 SE 130:
Listed building : no additional information available

Historic England archive material:BF088525 POLHILL MILL, FAIRBOURNE LANE, HARRIETSHAM


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

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  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27981 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Mar 18 2024 5:47PM