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Listed Building record TQ 66 SW 100 - THE TANYARD

Summary

Grade II listed building. The house probably originated as a single ended open hall house in the late 15th century, only one bay of this house now remains. A floored bay was added in the early 16th century.The lean-to was added in the late 17th century and the chimney may have been inserted at this time. In the late 18th-early 19th century a brick cross wing was added to the house, this bay replaced the earlier floored bay.

Location

Grid reference	TQ 63966 60009 (point)
Map sheet	TQ66SW
County	KENT
District	TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish	TROTTISCLIFFE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 66 SW TROTTISCLIFFE C.P. TAYLOR'S LANE 2/19 (west side)
The Tanyard
II
Farmhouse, now house. Early C16 to right, circa 1840 to left. Red brick to left, painted on 1st floor. Red brick on ground-floor to right, exposed timber-framing with plaster infilling and some curved braces on 1st floor to right. Plain tiled roof, hipped at both ends, in two roof pitches, higher to left. Centre stack, left slope stack. Catslide extension at right-hand end. 2 storeys; 4 windows, extremely irregular, mixture of glazing bar sashes (to left), side-hung and sliding casements (to right), with some surviving interior sliding shutters. Board door 2nd bay from left. Interior: Remains of the storeyed end of a hall-house, possibly the service end. Curious lean-to roof added in C16 to this end, visible inside drawing-room.
Listing NGR: TQ6408560094 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF105477 ROWSES FARMHOUSE, TROTTISCLIFFE

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

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