Listed Building record TQ 64 NE 167 - BROOKER COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1533 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 67432 47299 (point)
Map sheet TQ64NE
County KENT
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish EAST PECKHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST PECKHAM
441/0/10001 BRANDBRIDGES 02-JUL-01 Brooker Cottage
GV II
Originally probably a barn, later two cottages, now in one ownership. Mid C16 probable three bay barn, heightened and windows added ( including dormers ) in C18 when it was converted into two cottages. C20 end leantos. Timberframed with plastered infill on stone plinth, south front painted brick to ground floor. Hipped tiled roof with central brick chimneystack.. Two storeys and attics: three windows to front, one to rear. Mainly C20 casement windows with leaded lights. North front has end bays with midrails and massive curved tension braces and central bay and part above tie beam level of C18 thinner scantling. East end has similar curved braces visible above later leanto extension. South front has exposed timberframe to first floor, including curved braces to right and diagonal braces to left. Two flat-roofed dormers with leaded lights. First floor has early C20 casements and ground floor later C20 casements and the entrance is now through a C20 weatherboarded porch to south west attached to a later leanto which obscures the timberframing to the west side. INTERIOR: C16 wallframe visible including jowled posts and close-studding. Ground floor has C18 ceiling beams and two central brick fireplaces with wooden bressumers. Two half-winder staircases and plank doors. Although the roof was not accessible, because the walls were heightened it is likely to have been replaced in the C18.
Listing NGR: TQ6853753642 (1)

This building of 3 unfloored bays may have been a kitchen related to a demolished house or could have been an agricultural building. (2)

Historic england archive material: BF040300 BROOKERS COTTAGE, EAST PECKHAM 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. RCH01/048/01/259 Labelled sheet of drawings of Brooker's Cottage, East Peckham, with a plan of the ground-floor and a detail sketch of the inserted floor RCH01/048/01/260 Labelled sheet of drawings of Brooker's Cottage, East Peckham, with sketch sections of the north and east walls


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)

  • --- 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 20 2024 11:09AM