Listed Building record TQ 96 SE 1132 - LOWER NEWLANDS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1385 to 1499. Timber framed house formerly with an open hall with a crosswing at either end. The upper end wing was originally of 3 bays and probably end jettied at the front and side.

Location

Grid reference TQ 97086 62448 (point)
Map sheet TQ96SE
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish TEYNHAM, SWALE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 96 SE TEYNHAM DEERTON STREET (south side)
3/152 Lower Newlands 27.8.52 GV II
Hall house, now house. Circa 1380 and C15. Timber framed and exposed with painted brick and plaster infill and part underbuilt with painted brick. Plain tiled roof. Central 2 bay hall range with projecting chamber blocks either end. Centre of 1 storey and attic with large panel frame and tension and arched bracing, wings of 2 storeys, on flint plinth with hipped roofs and gablets and 2 gabled dormers. Stack to centre right and large offset and freestanding coursed rubble stack with red brick flue at end left. Left cross wing jettied on dragon posts, the right originally jettied but now underbuilt in brick. One wood casement on each floor of wings, and 1 wood casement in central range with door of 6 raised and fielded panels in gabled porch to centre right aligned with original screens passage entry. Interior: hall ceiled over and stack inserted 1611, dated on mantel over fireplace in right hand cross-wing. This wing with crown post roof. Smoke blackened timbers over hall range. Either side of the inserted stack are 2 vertical timbers of great scantling, which may indicate the hall range was originally aisled. Stone fire surround in lefthand cross-wing. Fine series of C18 bolection moulded raised and fielded panelled doors. Brick lined copper in kitchen [right end wing].
Listing NGR: TQ9707962481 (1)

Dendrochronology dating of the central truss of the open hall. Date range 1370-1405. (2)

Historic England archive material (3)


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 49 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> Historic England, Archive material associated with Lower Newlands, Teynham, Listed Building (Archive). SKE56333.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 49.
  • <3> Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Lower Newlands, Teynham, Listed Building.

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Related Events/Activities (2)

  • Intrusive Event: Dendrochronology of the central truss of the open hall, Lower Newlands, Teynham (EKE11700)
  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Jul 30 2024 4:19PM