Listed Building record TQ 75 SW 127 - GRANARY ABOUT 40 METRES SOUTH EAST OF BUSTON MANOR

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1632 Late 16thc or early 17thc granary.

Location

Grid reference TQ 71338 50921 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish HUNTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SHINGLE BARN LANE TQ 75 SW HUNTON (South Side) 2/89 Granary about 40 metres south-east 23.5.67 of Buston Manor GV II* Granary. Later C16 or early C17. Coursed ragstone. Gables above eaves red brick in English bond. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys and garret on high galleted stone plinth. Crow-stepped gables with stone kneelers. Diagonally-set corbelled brick finial to east gable end. Small rectangular chamfered stone lights, each grooved for glass: and morticed for central vertical bar, 2 to first-floor and one to ground-floor of north elevation, one to each floor to west end of south elevation (east end altered), 2 to first floor and one centrally-placed to ground floor of west gable end, and 2 to first floor of east gable end. Attic loading door with pegged, chamfered wooden architrave to east gable and blocked attic doorway to west. Central boarded doors to ground and first floor of north elevation. Virtually abuts north end of barn (q.v.). Interior: formerly plastered. Beams and joists of heavy scantling. Tie-beams bevelled. 4-bay roof of clasped purlins with diminishing principal rafters, windbraces, and vertical queen- struts to collars. Inserted wooden stairs with solid triangular treads. Listing NGR: TQ7129050959 (1)

Description from record TQ 75 SW 43 :
Shingle Barn Lane. Granary about 40 metres south-east of Buston Manor.Grade II*. Later C16 or early C17. (Examination of OS 1:2500, 1968 andTQ 75 SW 44 sites the granary to TQ 7133 5092). (2)


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent 26 Feb 1987 48 (OS Card Reference). SKE40295.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #28518 Listed building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Maidstone Kent 26 Feb 1987 48.

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Jul 20 2021 11:25AM