Listed Building record TQ 85 SE 237 - BARN CIRCA 40 YARDS NORTH WEST OF COURT LODGE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8988 5205 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ85SE |
County | KENT |
District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Full Description
Description from record TQ 85 SE 14 :
[TQ 8988 5205 - sited from DOE (IAM) Record Form] Barn circa 40 yards north west of Court Lodge, Grade I. Barn, probably late 14th century. Timber framed, weatherboarded, on patched stone plinth with hipped plain tile roof. Scheduled Ancient Monument.(For full description see list. (1)(2) Additional bibliography. (3) The barn is well preserved and in use. Published 1:2500 survey correct. (4) Barn at Court Lodge Farm, Lenham. (5) Two late medieval aisled barns, each truss consists of an arch-braced tie-beam on upright posts with a strutted king-post and curved tension braces to the up-rights. Fragments of the outer frame with curved braces remain, but most of the now weatherboarded outer wall is later. Each barn had one pair of waggon porches. The western barn has been extended, the other truncated. The northern barn (sited from O.S. 25" XLIV 13 to TQ 8988 5210) was burnt down in 1964 (see plan). Scheduled. (The existing barn is sited from O.S. 1:2500 1983 to TQ 8988 5205.) (6) Additional bibliography. (7) Descheduled 26.12.97 (8)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LENHAM HIGH STREET TQ 8952 (east side)
10/171 Barn circa 40 yards north west of Court Lodge 20.10.52. GV I Barn. Probably late C14. Timber framed, weatherboarded,on patched stone plinth with hipped plain tile roof, C19 canopy towards left end of west elevation, and plain double doors towards right end. Interior: 9 bays (7 original, 2 late C15 or early C16), with aisles to ends and both sides, Posts on wood cills, some with stone pedestal under, some with continuous stone plinths. Normal assembly to outer walls. Slightly curved passing shores from cill to top of posts. Curved braces (some replaced) from arcade posts to arcade plates and tie-beams. Single, probably later, purlin to aisle roofs, pegged intermittently to rafters, with raked Queen posts from aisle tiles. Jowled arcade posts. Plain crown posts with 2 curved downward braces and 2 upward braces. Lapped collars. Some replacement of wall studs, but usually in same mortices. Evidence for arch bracing to outer walls. On a demesne of St. Augustines, Canterbury. One of 2;'the other, at right angles to north west, burnt 1962. (S.E. Rigold, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. LXXXI, 1966). Scheduled Ancient Monument. Listing NGR: TQ8988452057 (11)
<1> DOE (HHR) Boro of Maidstone Kent 14 Dec 1984 84 (OS Card Reference). SKE39874.
<2> Bldgs of Eng W kent & the Weald 1969 362 (N Pevsner & J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37837.
<3> Arch Cant 81 1966 14-15 illus (S Rigold) (OS Card Reference). SKE35714.
<4> F1 MJF 12-Mar-86 (OS Card Reference). SKE43025.
<5> DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 114 (OS Card Reference). SKE40691.
<6> DOE (IAM) Record Form Plan (OS Card Reference). SKE40760.
<7> OS 1:2500 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48225.
<8> Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 378 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38153.
<9> Field report for monument TQ 85 SE 14 - March, 1986 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4461.
<10> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, pers Comm EH to KCC 26.2.97 (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.
<11> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (11)
- <1> SKE39874 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Maidstone Kent 14 Dec 1984 84.
- <2> SKE37837 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W kent & the Weald 1969 362 (N Pevsner & J Newman).
- <3> SKE35714 OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 81 1966 14-15 illus (S Rigold).
- <4> SKE43025 OS Card Reference: F1 MJF 12-Mar-86.
- <5> SKE40691 OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) AMs Eng 2 1978 114.
- <6> SKE40760 OS Card Reference: DOE (IAM) Record Form Plan.
- <7> SKE48225 OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1983.
- <8> SKE38153 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 378 (J Newman).
- <9> SKE4461 Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 SE 14 - March, 1986.
- <10> SKE6440 Miscellaneous Material: Not applicable. SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry. pers Comm EH to KCC 26.2.97.
- <11>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #28280 Listed building, ]
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Record last edited
Sep 13 2021 10:20PM