Listed Building record TR 05 NW 84 - AKHURST COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TR 03322 55954 (point)
Map sheet TR05NW
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish SELLING, SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish SHELDWICH, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 05 NW SELLING SHEPHERD'S HILL (east side)
1/48 Akhurst Cottage
GV II
House. C15 clad C18. Timber framed and clad with painted brick. Plain tiled roof. Hall house. One storey and attic, roof hipped to left, half- hipped right with 1 hipped dormer and stacks clustered to centre and end right. Four metal and wooden casements and outshot to left. Entry by boarded door in rear elevation. Interior: full frame visible; moulded dais beam; roof with collars but without longitudinal members, possibly of early date.
Listing NGR: TR0332355955 (1)

Description from record TR 05 NW 37:
GII Med House

Small and low house with a formerly open 2-bay hall. Both ends have been rebuilt. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040381 AKHURST COTTAGE, SELLING File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/587 Labelled sheet of drawings of Akhurst Cottage, Shepherd's Hill, with a sketch plan of the ground-floor and a dais beam profile


<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.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Oct 15 2024 4:21PM