Listed Building record TQ 94 SW 11 - Cooper Farmhouse

Summary

c15th c with 19th c additions. Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 91517 43947 (point) FCE
Map sheet TQ94SW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish PLUCKLEY, ASHFORD, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

(TQ 91524392) Cooper Farm (NAT) (1) 5272 PLUCKLEY CHAMBERS GREEN ROAD Cooper Farmhouse TQ 94 SW 14/137 14.2.67. II* 2. The main portion is probably C15 timber-framed with plaster infilling, some close-studding and curved braces on the first floor. At the south-east end is a bay on both floors, containing windows of 2 tiers of 5 lights with wooden mullions and transoms and a small gable over, the ground floor window flanked by narrow windows. Hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. At the south-east end beyond the bay is a C19 addition of one window bay, faced on the ground floor with stone rubble with red brick window dressings and quoins and above tile-hung. Dering windows (2). Cooper Farm, an end-jettied hall-house with bodly curved braces. Modified at the left end with Tudor close studding to a gabled dormer. (3)

Description from record TQ 94 SW 44:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 PLUCKLEY CHAMBERS GREEN ROAD Cooper Farmhouse TQ 94 SW 14/137 14.2.67. II* 2. The main portion is probably C15 timber-framed with plaster infilling, some close-studding and curved braces on the first floor. At the south-east end is a bay on both floors, containing windows of 2 tiers of 5 lights with wooden mullions and transoms and a small gable over, the ground floor window flanked by narrow windows. Hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. At the south-east end beyond the bay is a C19 addition of one window bay, faced on the ground floor with stone rubble with red brick window dressings and quoins and above tile-hung. Dering windows. Listing NGR: TQ9151743948 (4)

Formerly TQ 94 SW 37

Historic England archive material: RCH01/048/01/553 Labelled sheet of drawings of Cooper Farmhouse, Pluckley, with a ground-floor plan, a section, a crown-post elevation, tie-beam and cross-rail profiles, and a perspective sketch of the original front doorway

Additional reference (5)


<1> OS 1:2500 1973 (OS Card Reference). SKE48215.

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 169 (OS Card Reference). SKE39819.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 466 (OS Card Reference). SKE37903.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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

Sources/Archives (5)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1973.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 169.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 466.
  • <4>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34075 Listed building, ]
  • <5> 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 3:00PM