Listed Building record TQ 75 SE 189 - STONE HOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 7728 5168 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ75SE | 
| District | MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following building shall be added to the list:-
BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA           THE QUARRIES TQ 75 SE 1/182                                                      No 68 (Stone House)
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House.  C.1835, extended by 1 bay in 1854.  Built of coursed rubble from the Boughton Quarry, the front rendered with incised lines on stone plinth.  Hipped slate roof with 2 brick chimneystacks.  2 storeys; 3 windows and 1 blank.  12-pane sashes in reveals with stone lintels 2 of the ground floor windows have C19 wooden shutters. 6 panelled door to left, the right side doorcase has been built out.  L-wing to rear with stone which reads "NELSON BORN JULY 8TH 1848".  Interior contains a series of contemporary fireplaces including a wooden fireplace with pilasters and marble fireplace with paterae original 4 panelled doors and built in commode.  The rear kitchen has a brick and stone upper and C19 cast iron range made by Haynes of Maidstone but there is a possibility that this room was used as a workroom for the stone industry. [See "A Walk through Boughton's Quarries" Anne Creasey 1989-90]
Listing NGR: TQ7728351684
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
 
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM