Listed Building record TQ 65 NW 234 - 2 ST MARY'S LANE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TQ 6108 5905 (point)
Map sheet TQ65NW
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. ST MARY'S LANE 7/24 (west side)
No. 2 GV II
Cottage pair. C17 with C18 addition to north-west L-shaped. West wing. Coursed rubble stone plinth with red and blue brick chequer above. Plain tiled half-hipped roof with 2 hipped dormers to south and central ridge stack. 2 storeys and attic; 2 window 1st floor, 3 window ground-floor, casements, on ground-floor under segment heads. Half-glazed door at extreme left in angle of block under angled weather- porch. Gable of vestigial block at rear can be seen in angle of block. South wing. Red brick ground-floor, rendered 1st floor with some timber-framing visible. Plain tiled gambrel roof, half-hipped to left. 2 C20 flat-headed dormers and central ridge stack. 1 storey and attics; 2 windows, casements. 2 doorways, one with boarded door under angled weather-porch at extreme right, the others with half-glazed door under flat hood on brackets at extreme left.
Listing NGR: TQ6112159045 (1)

Formerly an open hall and outline of a lower end bay probably 15th century. There is a cross wing added to this probably at a later date which was formerly jettied at the front. There is an 18th century wing in front of the medieval wing. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040260 WORKHOUSE COTTAGES, WROTHAM 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. RCH01/048/01/746 Labelled sheet of drawings of Workhouse Cottages, Wrotham, with a ground-floor plan, a section, and a perspective sketch of the fireplace in the south bay of the hall


<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 13 2024 12:03PM