Listed Building record TQ 86 SE 201 - WREN'S FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TQ 8837 6180 (point)
Map sheet TQ86SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN WREN'S ROAD (west side)
5/54 Wren's Farmhouse
II
Farmhouse. C15 and clad C18. Timber framed and clad with red brick with plain tiled roof. Four framed bays. Two storeys on plinth with brick dentil cornice to hipped roof, with stack projecting end left and C17 central stack. Five wood casements to first floor, 4 on ground floor with segmental heads. Central board door in moulded surround with flat hood (See Igglesden 124, p. 48 ff).
Listing NGR: TQ8837161806 (1)

Previously Listed as TQ 86 SE 116

Formerly open hall of at least 2-bays with a roof of Wealden type at both the front and back. Beyond one end of the hall there are a further 3 bays. These are storeyed and jettied to the front and rear. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040276 WREN'S 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. RCH01/048/01/082 Labelled sheet of drawings of Wren's Farmhouse, Borden, with sketch plans of the ground- and first-floors, and a longitudinal section


<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

Sep 18 2024 3:44PM