Listed Building record TQ 75 SE 189 - STONE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1815 to 1855

Location

Grid reference TQ 7728 5168 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SE
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

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)
II
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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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM