Listed Building record TQ 75 SW 144 - Church Hall, former school, Lower Road, East Farleigh, Maidstone

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 73394 53284 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish EAST FARLEIGH, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LOWER ROAD TQ 75 SW EAST FARLEIGH (North Side) 2/45 Church Hall 20.12.1983 GV II
National school, now church hall. Mid C19 (by 1866), by J. Clarke. Uncoursed ragstone with ashlar dressings and plain tile roof. Built at right-angles to road. Front gable end with short, slightly recessed wing to right. Further short wing towards rear, to long left side. 2 storeys, on chamfered stone plinth. 2 moulded stone string courses forming band between storeys to gable end, and one, lower, to right wing. Lower eaves to right wing. Stone-coped and kneelered gable with angled projections and fleur-de-lys finial. Similar gables to wings. Slightly projecting stone stack in angle with left wing. Tall window of 3 cusped lights with sexfoil and hoodmould. Ground-floor window of 3 stepped lights in moulded pointed- arched recess. First-floor window to wing of 3 stepped Caernavon-arched lights. Cusped lancet to ground-floor. Slightly recessed stone lean-to to left with boarded door. Taller doorway to right wing. Bell-cote to right gable end. Right return elevation of main range has four ground-floor windows similar to ground-floor window of gable end, alternating with buttresses, groups of lancets to first-floor, and central dormer. 2-storey turret to north-west, linked by cat-walk. Interior not inspected. Replaced a school by Butterfield, built in 1846. (J. Newman, B.O.E. Series, West Kent and the Weald,1980).
Listing NGR: TQ7291753345


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

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Apr 30 2019 10:32AM