Listed Building record TQ 86 SE 151 - CHESTNUT STREET FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1899 Post-medieval Farmhouse.

Location

Grid reference TQ 8713 6366 (point)
Map sheet TQ86SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN CHESTNUT STREET (south side)
5/20 Chestnut Street Farmhouse 24.1.67 II
Wealden hall house. C16 and C17, clad C19. Timber framed and clad with rendered brick and imitation timber frame. Three framed bays and screens passage. Two storeys, jettied first floor left, underbuilt jetty to right. Arch braced flying wall-plate to central recessed bay. Hipped roof with gablets and catslide out- shot to right and stack to end left. Irregular fenestration of 3 glazing bar sashes to each floor and half-glazed and panelled door to right in half-timbered gabled porch. Interior: the right hand wing was rebuilt 1609, as carved and dated beam indicates, probable date of inserted ceiling to hall, and blocking off screens passage (survives internally to left). The C17 wing with blocked door to right return front with carved Ionic columns and cornice. Remnants of dias beam in hall. Crown post roof.
Listing NGR: TQ8713063660 (1)

Description from record TQ 86 SE 58:
Wealden hall house. C16 and 17, clad C19. Timber-framed and clad with rendered brick and imitation timber frame. 3 framed bays and screens passage. 2 storeys, jettied 1st floor left, underbuilt jetty to right. Arch-braced flying wall-plate to central recesses bay. Hipped roof with gablets and catslide outshot to right and stack to end left. Listed grade 2. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040269 CHESTNUT STREET FARMHOUSE, BORDEN 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.
RCH01/048/01/076 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Chestnut Street Farmhouse, Borden


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

Record last edited

Sep 13 2024 12:26PM