Listed Building record TQ 95 NW 44 - NEWBERRY FARM HOUSE NORTH

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1280 to 1699. Newberry or Newbury Farmhouse. The remains of one of the earilest timber-framed aisled hall houses in the country, dated by dendronology to 1187 - 1207 AD, survives within Newbury Farm. A substantial two storey stone cross-wing was added to the sout-west end of the hall in the late 13th or early 14th century. Numerous altertation to both the corss-wing and the hall have occured with considerable modernisation undertaken during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the hal was floored and a substantial chimney built. Further modernisation took place in the nineteenth century when the earlier timber-framed elevations of the property were replaced with brick facades.

Location

Grid reference TQ 92797 59945 (point)
Map sheet TQ95NW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TONGE, SWALE, KENT

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<1> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.

<2> DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent 21 Mar 1985 70 (OS Card Reference). SKE41180.

<3> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2001, Newbury Farm, Dully Street, Tonge, Kent, An Architectural Survey (Unpublished document). SKE8008.

<4> Pearson, S, 1994, The Medieval Houses of Kent: A Historical Analysis, p 152 (Monograph). SKE8009.

<5> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent, page 128 - 129 (Monograph). SKE8010.

<6> Unknown & Pearson, S., 1982 & 1991, Newbury Farmhouse, Tonge (Unpublished document). SKE8011.

<7> English Heritage Ancient Monuments Laboratory, 2000, Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers From Newbury Farmhouse, Dully Street, Tonge, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE12405.

<8> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 32, Pg. 92 (Website). SKE17391.

<9> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<10> Historic England, Archive material associated with Newbury Farmhouse, Listed Building (Archive). SKE54316.

Sources/Archives (10)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1971.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent 21 Mar 1985 70.
  • <3> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2001. Newbury Farm, Dully Street, Tonge, Kent, An Architectural Survey.
  • <4> Monograph: Pearson, S. 1994. The Medieval Houses of Kent: A Historical Analysis. p 152.
  • <5> Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. page 128 - 129.
  • <6> Unpublished document: Unknown & Pearson, S.. 1982 & 1991. Newbury Farmhouse, Tonge.
  • <7> Unpublished document: English Heritage Ancient Monuments Laboratory. 2000. Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers From Newbury Farmhouse, Dully Street, Tonge, Kent.
  • <8> Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 32, Pg. 92.
  • <9>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33084 Listed building, ]
  • <10> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Newbury Farmhouse, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (7)

  • Intrusive Event: Dendrochronolgy dating of the aisled hall roof and of later alterations to the building (EKE11672)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Newbury Farmhouse Building Survey (Ref: NMR File: 40238) (EKE5872)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey at Newbury Farm, Tonge (Ref: Project Code NFT99) (EKE5869)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Survey at Newbury Farmhouse, Tonge (Ref: NMR File: 40238) (EKE5871)
  • Intrusive Event: Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Newbury Farmhouse, Dully Street (Ref: 59/2000) (EKE8729)
  • Intrusive Event: Watching Brief at Newbury Farm, Tonge (EKE5870)

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 11:05AM