Listed Building record TQ 85 NW 175 - BAXTER'S COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1799 Baxters cottage : listed building, Eden cottage : listed building, Kozecat : listed building

Location

Grid reference TQ 8023 5585 (point)
Map sheet TQ85NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 85 NW BEARSTED THE STREET (north side) 6/38 13.11.73 Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Kozecot.(Formerly listed as nos. 1,2, and 3 Sunnyside, Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Kozecot.)
II
Cottages. C16 and C18. Left part of Baxter's Cottage timber framed with red brick front. Rest of Baxter's Cottage and Eden Cottage chequered red and grey brick, Kozecot rendered, all with plain tile roof. Left part of Baxter's Cottage: a lower building than the rest of the row. C16 with C18 front 2 storeys with plinth and platt band. Ridge stack at left end. One timber-framed bay with single C20 casement to each storey, that to ground floor with segmental head. 2-storey single-bay timber- framed addition to rear, late C16 or early C17, cement rendered with hipped plain tile roof and gablet. Right part of Baxter's Cottage, Eden Cottage and Kozecot: C18. 2 storeys and attic with plinth, platt band to Eden cottage only, and eaves cornice. Roof half-hipped at right end and half-hipped at left end above junction with left part of Baxter's cottage. Ridge stack off- centre to right. 2 hipped dormers. One first-floor casement to each cottage over spaces between doors. 3 doors with flat bracketted C19 hoods; ribbed door to Baxter's Cottage at left end, ribbed door to Eden Cottage towards centre, and plain C20 door with diamond light to Kozecot towards right end. Rear catslide roof. Interior: left part of Baxter's Cottage has evidence for window in right gable end wall on first floor of front bay, and exposed beams, joists and posts. Right part of Baxter's Cottage has side purlin roof.
Listing NGR: TQ8050755716 (1)

Description from record TQ 85 NW 88:
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Description from record TQ 85 NW 89:
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Description from record TQ 85 NW 90:
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Historic England archive material: BF008537 BAXTERS COTTAGE, BEARSTED


<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: #28308 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Oct 12 2023 1:40PM