Listed Building record TR 13 NE 110 - SPICERS FARM HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TR 1659 3952 (point)
Map sheet TR13NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYMINGE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 13 NE LYMINGE CANTERBURY ROAD (south-west side)
6/150 Etchinghill
29.12.66 Spicers Farm House
GV II
Farmhouse, now house. Circa 1634, with early-to-mid C19 fenestration. Timber framed, with (possibly largely C17) red brick infilling. Plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan of 4 timber-framed bays; two to left and one to right of stack bay. Short separately-framed rear wing to right of centre, of a similar date. 2 storeys, on flint and stone plinth. Continuous jetty, on solid-spandrel brackets with ovolo- moulded bases, returned along right gable end on similarly-moulded dragon post. Long right side of rear wing also jettied. Broadly- spaced framing to first floor of front elevation, divided into two panels to storey height by pegged rails at uneven levels. Two tension braces to left end bay and one to right. Hipped roof to front range, and to rear of rear wing. Front range has gable-end stack to left, and multiple brick stack in rear slope of roof to right of centre. Projecting brick gable end stack to rear wing. Irregular fenestration of 3 Gothick casements; one two-light to each end bay and one three- light to left-central bay. Three similar casements to ground floor of front range, and one to first floor of left side of rear wing. Boarded door up two steps under stack. Short lean-to in angle between front range and wing. Two-storey C20 addition to right side of wing. Interior: only partly inspected. Plain-chamfered beams and joists to ground-floor rooms. Painted brick fireplace with long bressumer to right side of stack. Early C20 painting of house shows panel to base of first floor of stack bay dated 16(3/5?)4. W.H.
Listing NGR: TR1659739526


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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM