Listed Building record TQ 86 SW 100 - STEPPES HILL FARMHOUSE, Stockbury

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1550 to 1984 GII. An early 17th century timber-framed farmhouse altered in the early 18th century. The house was restored in the 20th century. The ground floor is pebble-dashed, the first floor has applied studding and the right gable end is tile-hung.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8334 6105 (point)
Map sheet TQ86SW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish STOCKBURY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SW STOCKBURY SOUTH STREET ROAD (south-east side)
2/175 Steppes Hill Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. Early C17 and earlier with C18 additions, restored in C20. Timber-framed, ground floor pebble-dashed, first floor with applied studding, right gable end tile-hung. Lobby entry plan of 3 timber-framed bays and stack bay. Rear stair turret. 2 storeys on brick plinth with continuous jetty which continues round left gable end. Applied close-studding with arch braces. Roof hipped to left, half-hipped to right. Multiple stack in front slope of roof off-centre to left, and projecting brick stack to right. Panelled door beneath stack with simple canopy over. Timber-framed stair turret behind stack, clad in brick. Rear wing to left: C17 or earlier core. Timber-framed with plain tile roof, brick-cladd in C18 with plat band. Roof half-hipped to junction with front range. Much lower C18 extension to wing, timber-framed and clad in brick. Large c20 rear extention to left. Interior: front range has clasped purlin roof with reducing principal rafters, altered at both ends. Left end bay of front range incorporates fragment of cross- wing of earlier building. Rear wing has ovolo-moulded mullion window with secondary diamond mullions. Exposed beams and posts. Marked on O.S. map as Hill Farm.
Listing NGR: TQ8334661055 (1)

Description from record TQ 86 SW 49:
GII

Historic England archiev material: BF008708 STEPPES HILL FARM, STOCKBURY


<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: #28945 Listed Building, ]

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Nov 3 2023 2:02PM