Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 520 - BARN COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1899 Barn cottage : listed building Timber-framed barn, with added oasts, part subsequently converted to cottage and stables, all but stables now a house. 4 bays of barn late 16th century, fifth bay added to north in mid 18th century, oasts mid-to-late 18th century, 2 north bays of barn converted to cottage very late 18th century, stables created late 19th century

Location

Grid reference TQ 7716 5794 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 75 NE BOXLEY BOXLEY ROAD (east side) Harbourland
5/62 Barn Cottage
GV II
Barn, with added oasts, part subsequently converted to cottage and stables, all but stables now a house. 4 bays of barn late C16, fifth bay added to north in mid C18, oasts mid-to- late C18, 2 north bays of barn converted to cottage very late C18, stables created late C19. Timber framed, 2 north bays tile hung with thick bands of plain and fishscale tiles, rest weatherboarded, with plain tile roof. 5 timber-framed bays parallel to road and 2 oasts added, parallel to each other, at right angles to rear of 2 south end bays. Front elevation (west):- 2 storeys, roof hipped at right end with gablet. Rear stack at left end. Tile-hung area has one recessed 2- light casement at right end of first floor. Double barn doors off-centre to right with 2 C20 square glazed lights, and single door with square glazed light adjacent to left. Smaller double doors in first floor above ground-floor double doors. Oast to rear at right end has stables in ground floor with hatches and casements above. Both oasts have hipped roofs. Interior: roofs, beams and posts exposed. In right oast, evidence of internal kiln and rare survival of part of stud and plaster partition between plenum chamber and unheated part of oast. Left oast has unique arrangement of girder and joists set diagonally. Original barn roof has clasped purlins with reducing principal rafters, cambered collars, and rare evidence for unbraced crown strut to centre of collar. No windbraces. (Mr. P. Lambert, unpublished analysis).
Listing NGR: TQ7716357948 (1)

Description from record TQ 75 NE 235:
Listed building : no additional information available

Historic england archive material: BF008613 BARN COTTAGE, BOXLEY


<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: #28322 Listed Building, ]

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Record last edited

Oct 27 2023 12:30PM