Listed Building record TQ 74 SE 184 - AYSGARTH

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1632

Location

Grid reference TQ 7859 4301 (point)
Map sheet TQ74SE
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7843 (East side)
5/122 Dixon's Stores and Aysgarth
GV II
House and shop. C16 or early C17, with later alterations. Timber framed. Ground floor chequered red and grey brick, first floor hung with banded plain and fishscale tiles. Ground floor of right gable end weatherboarded, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Approximately 3 timber-framed bays. 2 storeys, garret and cellar. Underbuilt jetty to at least left end of front elevation. Gabled. Irregular fenestration of three 3-light leaded casements. Ribbed door to Aysgarth to left of centre and half-glazed door to right of centre, each up 3 steps, and under continuous plain-tile pentice. Rear wing to left, probably C17; ground floor red brick, first floor tile-hung, roof with lower ridge towards rear end, hipped to rear. Rear lean-to to rest of main range. Interior: only partly inspected. Moulded cross and axial beams, hollow-chamfered joists and evidence for jetty, to left end room. Exposed joists to right, and to rear wing.
Listing NGR: TQ7859743012


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