The following text is from the original listed building designation:
This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 13/04/2017

TQ 54 SW, 54/914

PENSHURST, POUNDSBRIDGE HILL, Little Poundsbridge

(Formerly listed as: Yew Tree Cottage)

II

House, formerly farmhouse. Early C17 timber-framed building underbuilt and clad in late C18/early C19 and later C19. Base of red brick on plinth, part header-bond, part English bond and tile hung above. Half-hipped old tiled roof with tall brick chimney stack. Two-storey, three-framed bays; irregular fenestrations, mainly early C20 casements, of no special architectural or his- toric interest, but with two late C20 wood-framed casements with diamond-leaded lights; south (left) end elevation has two early C19 metal casements with leaded glazing, decorative hinges and handles, and chamfered wood mullions and surrounds. North-east front has central doorcase with plank door. South-west front has most unusual angled projection for base of chimneystack.

INTERIOR has large open fireplace on ground floor with curved brick hood above. One inch chamfered beams with lambs tongue stops and original chamfered joists. First floor has cross beams of same type and the centre posts have moulded tops. Corner posts are jowled with angled cuts. Original floor boards to first floor and loft. Roof has traces of smoke blackening possible from subsequent use of left bay for hop-roasting; some renewed timbers. Restoration work in progress at time of inspection.

Listing NGR: TQ5383241711.(1)

In 2008 tree-ring dating was carried out that concluded that the sampled timbers had been felled in the range 1475-1514 (2)

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

<2> Nottingham Tree-Ring Dating Laboratory, 2008, Tree-ring analysis of timbers from Little Poundsbridge, Penshurst, Kent. (Unpublished document). SKE55533.