Listed Building record TR 05 NE 61 - STYLE HOUSE 205

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1599. Style House, 205 Boughton St - 16th c

Location

Grid reference TR 05543 59470 (point)
Map sheet TR05NE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish BOUGHTON UNDER BLEAN, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Description from record TR 05 NE 9:
[TR 0554 5947] 205 Boughton Street. (1) Style House, Grade II*, Boughton Street (South side). 16th century, built for William Rucke, pointmaker, died 1592. (For full descriptionsee list.) (2) Style House, Boughton Street - a close-studded building with an embattled bressumer. There is nothing to match it at this (west) end of the street. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0459-0559 BOUGHTON BOUGHTON STREET (South side)
6/22 No. 205 27.8.52 (Style House)
GV II*
House. C16, built for William Rucke, pointmaker, died 1592. Timber framed and exposed close-studding with plaster infill, underbuilt with painted brick. Plain tiled roof. Four framed bays, that to end right (return to right elevation) a later addition. Two storeys and continuous jetty on brackets with embattled bressummer in several different moulds. Coved eaves to hipped roof with gablets and stacks to centre right and projecting at end left and to rear right. Four irregularly sized wooden casements on first floor, and 3 canted bays on ground floor with glazing bar sashes. Four panelled door to centre left, and glazed and frosted door at end right. Interior: carved overmantel with cove and cornice. Listing NGR: TR0554359470 (4)


<1> OS 1:2500 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48225.

<2> DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent May 1986 8 (OS Card Reference). SKE41193.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent (ed Pevsner) 1983 152 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37791.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1983.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent May 1986 8.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent (ed Pevsner) 1983 152 (J Newman).
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #32964 Listed building, ]

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2021 2:03PM