Listed Building record TQ 75 SW 154 - ST CUTHBERTS COTTAGE AND BRIDGE COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1699. A 16th century or possibly earlier house with a 17th century wing to the rear, now split into two cottages, St Cuthbert's Cottage and Bridge Cottage. The house is timber framed with painted brick and exposed principal posts on the ground floor and rendering on the first floor. The roof is plain tiled.

Location

Grid reference TQ 72490 54740 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BARMING, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
NORTH STREET TQ 75 SW BARMING (West Side) 2/10 St Cuthbert's Cottage and Bridge Cottage, 25.7.52 (formerly listed as 23.5.67 St Cuthbert's Cottage) (No 23) II House, now house pair. C16 or possibly earlier, with C17 rear wing. Timber framed. Ground floor painted brick with exposed principal posts, first floor rendered. Plain tile roof. 4 timber-framed bays. 2 storeys and cellar on stone plinth. Low gable end jetty to right. Roof hipped to left with gablet. Slender projecting brick stack to left. Rear stack to second timber-framed bay from left, to junction of wing and main range. Irregular fenestration of 4 leaded 2-light casements. Door to St Cuthbert's Cottage to right of centre, with 4 sunk beaded panels and 2 top lights. Short timber-framed rear wing to left, with higher ridge. Shorter addition (stair turret?) in angle between main range and wing, with hipped roof and with boarded door to Bridge Cottage to its right side. Interior: not inspected, but measured drawings in the National Monuments Record show jowled principal posts to ground and first floor, and sans-purlin collared common rafter roof.
Listing NGR: TQ7251755038 (1)

Description from record TQ 75 SW 55:
Listed building : no additional information available

Historic england archive material: BF039391 ST CUTHBERT'S COTTAGE, BARMING


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

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  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #28737 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Dec 14 2023 10:50AM