Listed Building record TQ 84 NW 114 - HAWKENBURY FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1632. 15th century, timber-framed Wealden farmhouse with later alterations.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8060 4514 (point)
Map sheet TQ84NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEADCORN HAWKENBURY ROAD TQ 84 NW (East side) Hawkenbury
5/57 Hawkenbury 26.4.68 Farmhouse
GV II
Farmhouse. C15 with late C16 or early C17 alterations. Timber framed with plaster infilling. Plain tile roof. Wealden, with 2 roughly equal-length hall bays, that to left subdivided, and storeyed end bays. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Broadly spaced studding. Tension braces and arch braces. Right and left end bays jettied on solid brackets, jetties returning on moulded dragon posts. Arch-braced flying wall-plate and solid bracket under central tie-beam. Steeply pitched hipped roof, with gablet to left. Projecting stack to left end. Brick stack in front slope of roof to right section of left hall bay. Irregular fenestration of 5 windows; one 3-light casement to each end bay, one 9-pane fixed light over door, one 2-light leaded ovolo-moulded mullioned window under stack and 5-light ovolo-moulded mullioned rectangular oriel window on 3 shaped brackets to right hall bay. Broad cill just above ground cill to right hall bay. Boarded door within durns, with short moulded brattished beam over, to left end of hall. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ8060745084 (1)

Description from record TQ 84 NW 33 :
15th century timber-framed Wealden farmhouse with later alterations.

Historic England archive material: BF086260 HAWKENBURY FARM, HEADCORN


<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: #29154 Listed building, ]

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Mar 15 2024 11:16AM