Listed Building record TQ 55 SE 93 - CARTHORSE STABLE AT RUMSHED FARM

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 5511 5177 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SE
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish HILDENBOROUGH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HILDENBOROUGH UNDERRIVER TQ 55 SE 2/215 Carthorse stable at Rumshed Farm
GV II
Carthorse stable. Circa mid C19, C20 repairs. Framed construction, clad with weatherboarding; peg-tile roof.
Plan: Simple rectangular plan on a west east axis, facing north. The west end wall has been rebuilt in concrete block.
Exterior: Single-storey with 4 stable doors on the front (north) and a window in the centre. Roof half-hipped at ends.
Interior: The original stall partitions survive with the names of the horses painted on the rear wall which is matchboarded - Prince, Duke, Darling, Dolly, etc.
Roof: Jowelled wallposts support a clasped purlin queen post roof with a ridgeboard. The roof has suffered from racking and has been repaired.
Part of a good farmstead group at Rumshed Farm, formerly called St Julian's Farm. The parish and district boundaries run through the farmhouse, part of which is in Sevenoaks parish.
Listing NGR: TQ5661249320


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

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Farmstead Survey, Tonbridge and malling, Hildenburgh, Rumshed Farm (Ref: KFS-000101) (EKE13897)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2015 1:33PM