Listed Building record TQ 86 NW 1157 - EAST COURT FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 80100 68357 (point)
Map sheet TQ86NW
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

GILLINGHAM
TQ86NW EASTCOURT LANE, Twydall 686-1/8/121 (North West side) 24/02/50 East Court Farmhouse (Formerly Listed as: EASTCOURT LANE, Twydall (North West side) East Court)
II
House. C14-16, remodelled in C17; latter phase dated 1621 (by owner); extended early C19. English bond brick, right-hand end has tile-hung upper storey, axial left of centre brick ridge stack and tiled roof hipped to the right-hand wing. PLAN: 3-room parallel plan with right-hand cross range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 4-window range. An asymmetrical front with tall rendered plinth has a central doorway with a reeded frame, flat bracketed canopy and a 6-panel door, early-mid C19 2- and 3-light leaded casements, that to the ground-floor left-hand bay with a segmental-arched head. A square stair tower to the left of the entrance has a hipped roof and single-light ground-floor and 3-light first-floor casements. Right-hand cross range extends front and rear with hipped roof and rear gablet, and a truncated rear corner lateral stack. Left-hand return has tile-hung first floor and half-hipped roof, with a lower C19 extension with a central lateral stack and half-hipped roof. INTERIOR: not inspected but noted as having two C14 aisle posts within the wall to the west of the entrance; roof includes re-used smoke-blackened rafters. Plinth suggests an original timber-frame, cased in brick. The presence of the aisle posts and other details suggest that rebuilding took place in the C15 or C16 with the addition of a solar room with central crown post.
Listing NGR: TQ8010068358
Formerly TQ86 NW64


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

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Record last edited

Jul 4 2018 4:33PM