Listed Building record TQ 75 NW 322 - THE OLD MILL HOUSE, Ditton
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 70958 58154 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ75NW |
County | KENT |
District | TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
Civil Parish | DITTON, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
DITTON CP THE STREAM TQ 75 NW (south side) 8/128 The Old Mill House 14.2.77
- II
Millhouse, now house. C15, possibly earlier, with C19 wing and accretions. Timber-framed with plaster infilling to front and painted brick elevations side and rear. Plain tiled hipped roof with brick ridge stack to left and 3 flat- headed dormers. 2 storeys; 5 window front, lattice casements: Central gabled C20 porch with lattice glazing and central half lattice-glazed door. 2-storey gabled addition to left with barge boards and 1 window on each floor. Catslide extension to rear. Interior: evidence of substantial timber frame. Rafter roof, with later side purlins, possibly of very early construction. No original purlins or any trusses. Low buildings to the south, (not listed), are the remains of the former Mill that gained its power from the East Malling stream. See M J Fuller, The Watermills of the East Malling and Watering bury streams, Maidstone, 1980, pp. 51-54.
Listing NGR: TQ7100258174
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (4)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Desk based assessment, Cross Keys (Phase 1), Bearsted (EKE14819)
- Intrusive Event: Phase 2 archaeological investigation at Cross Keys, Bearsted, Kent (test-pitting) (Ref: Project Code: CKB-EV-14) (EKE20433)
- Intrusive Event: Phase 2 archaeological investigation at Cross Keys, Bearsted, Kent (test-pitting) (Ref: Project Code: CKB-EV-14) (EKE20435)
- Intrusive Event: Phase 3 archaeological investigation on land adjacent to Cross Keys, Bearsted, Kent (Ref: CKB-EV-16) (EKE16081)
Record last edited
Mar 2 2021 1:19PM