Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 449 - WEAVERING MANOR, Boxley

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1632 Nos 1 & 2 Weavering Manor (15th c. & later)

Location

Grid reference TQ 7838 5579 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 75 NE BOXLEY WEAVERING STREET (east side)
5/112 Nos. 1 and 2 Weavering 13.7. 1978 Manor (formerly listed as Weavering Manor)
G.V. II *
House, now 2 houses. Early C15 with early C17 addition. Rendered timber-framing with slate roof. 2 storeys on plinth. No. 2 (to left) comprises ¾ of an early C15 Wealden house with a single, storeyed, service bay at left end and open hall of 2 unequal bays. No. 1 is early C17 rebuild of right storeyed end bay of Wealden, with addition of wing to front, forming L plan. No. 1 built with higher storeys than No. 2. No. 2 formerly jettied on left end and to front at left end. Has hipped roof at left end and multiple brick stack in front slope of roof at right end. 2 3-light leaded casements on each floor, one towards left end and one towards right end. Door in left gable end. No.1: roof gabled at junction with No. 2 and hipped to right. Roof of wing hipped. 2 large projecting stacks with stone bases, one at right gable end of main block and one on right side elevation of wing. One 3-light leaded casement on each floor to left in main block, one on re-entrant elevation of wing and one in gable end of wing. Panelled door under flat hood in main block, against wing. Interior: No. 2 has rare survival of short moulded spear in high-end bressumer on ground floor, moulded end of hall beams, roof with moulded crown-post, ashlar pieces, moulded cornice, heavy cambered tie-beam, moulded central truss posts and exposed framing. Fireplace with chamfered surround and integral moulded candle brackets on first floor in left end bay. No. 1 has early C17 moulded stone fireplace surrounds, early C17 panelling in ground-floor roan of wing and first-floor room of main block. Butt side purlin roof. Owned by Vintners Company 1557 - 1918. Listing NGR: TQ7838655791 (1)

Description from record TQ 75 NE 94 :
(TQ 78385579 - sited from HHR map). Nos 1 and 2 Weavering Manor (formerly listed as Weavering Manor), Weavering Street. Grade II*. House, now 2 houses. Early 15th c with early 17th c addition. (For full descriptive text, see list) (2)


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

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent July 1984 60 (OS Card Reference). SKE40979.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #28347 House, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent July 1984 60.

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Jul 8 2021 4:18PM