Listed Building record TQ 95 NE 78 - TONG HOUSE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 9594 5623 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ95NE |
County | KENT |
District | SWALE, KENT |
Civil Parish | EASTLING, SWALE, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 95 NE EASTLING TONG LANE (south side)
Tong House 4/29 24.1.67 II
Wealden hall house, now house. C15. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill and part underbuilt with painted brick, with plain tiled roof. Four framed bays, with framed and continuously jettied wing to right rear. Two storeys on flint plinth with left and right end bays jettied on dragon posts, the left jetty underbuilt. Flying wall plate on solid curved braces and hipped roof with gablets and stacks to rear right, centre right and projecting end left. Irregular fenestration of one 2 storey canted bay window to centre left, and 4 wooden casements on first floor and 4 glazing bar sashes and 1 wooden casement in bay window on ground floor. Door of 6 raised and fielded panels to left with semi-circular traceried fan. Four centre arched door surround to original screens passage to centre right, with carved head and carvings of pelican and cockatrice in spandrels. Interior: smoke blackening, crown post roof. The rear four centred arched door surround to screens passage has been moved to rear of present front door. Stack inserted into hell originally backing onto screens passage.
Listing NGR: TQ9594656236 (1)
Previously Listed as TQ 95 NE 24
Large double Wealden house with a formerly open 2-bay hall and an unusual lower end wing. Both ends were formerly jettied at the end as well as the front. (2)
Historic England archive material (3)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
<3> Historic England, Archive material associated withf Tong House, Eastling, Listed Building (Archive). SKE57188.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
- <2> SKE8010 Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
- <3> SKE57188 Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated withf Tong House, Eastling, Listed Building.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
Record last edited
Oct 16 2024 1:04PM