Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1130 - 1 THE MARKET PLACE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1799. No. 1, , The Market Place is a timber framed building, probably built in the 17th century.

Location

Grid reference TR 01547 61376 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
THE MARKET PLACE 1. 1103 (West Side)
No 1 TR 0161 SE 3/2 29.7.50. II* GV
2. With No 125 West Street (North Side ), qv. Timber framed building, probably Cl7, refronted in the C18. 3 storeys and attic. 1 window facing east, 3 windows facing south. 1 dormer on the east front. The house is now fronted with painted mathematical tiles with timbering visible at the angles of the fronts and of the bays. The ground floor is now underbuilt with the shop front, but the 2nd floor still overhangs on both fronts on a bressumber and brackets. C18 modiliion eaves cornice. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. The east front has one, and the south front 2, bays of 5 lights each on the lst and 2nd floors, which are contemporary with the house. They have wooden mullions and transom. Those on the 2nd floor have small modern square leaded panes; original glazing in west window on 1st floor in No 123. The south front has an additional but smaller bay at the west end of the 1st floor (in No 123 West Street), also with the small square leaded panes and green glass. This and the next bay to the east on the 1st floor have a cove below the window. Both fronts have a good Cl8 shop front, the whole width of the premises, with a curved corner at the angle, This has no glazing bars for the whole width of No 1 Market Place, which is 3 quarters of the whole, but a fine pair of glazed double doors with ornamental panes. No 123 West Street retains its glazing bars in the shop window and has a pair of simpler glazed doors. Photograph in NMR.
All the listed buildings in the Market Place form a group. Also Nos 1 and 2, 4 to 7 (consec) and No 7A form a group with Nos 1 to 11 (consec) and 11A Court Street.
Listing NGR: TR0154261385 (1)

Description from record TR 06 SW 50:
[TR 0154 6138] No. 1 The Market Place (west side) and No. 123 West Street (north side), Grade II*. Timber framed building, probably 17th century, refronted in the 18th century. (For full description see list.) (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> DOE(HHR) Faversham Boro Kent Aug 1972 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE41169.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33292 listed building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Faversham Boro Kent Aug 1972 46.

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Record last edited

Nov 22 2021 3:02PM