Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 194 - MARKET HEATH COTTAGE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6724 4176 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ64SE | 
| District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | BRENCHLEY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 67 41                BRENCHLEY         BRENCHLEY ROAD, MARKET HEATH
15/47                                     Market Heath Cottage
GV                                        II
House.  Late C17/early C18 with probably late C18/early C19 addition at the right end and C20 rear additions.  Framed construction, the front wall underbuilt in brick on the ground floor and tile-hung above; peg-tile roof; brick stack.
Plan:  South facing, slightly set back from the road.  Originally a 2-cell plan with a room to the right (east) heated from a rear lateral stack and an unheated room at the left (west) end.  The house has been extended by a one- room plan addition at the right end and one-room plan rear wing at right angles with a back-to-back fireplace in the former rear lateral stack. Further C20 rear additions.
Exterior:  2 storeys.  Asymmetrical 3-window front with a C19 gabled porch to right of centre with a C19 plank door.  3 first floor and 3 ground floor C19 2-light casements with 12 panes per light.
Inteiror:  Exposed carpentry, the main beams scroll-stopped.  Wall-framing on the rear wall survives in part to ground floor level, the wall posts with formed jowls.
Roof:  The roof over the 2 left hand (west) rooms is of clasped purlin construction with evidence of considerable repair and re-used timbers.  The roof over the right (east) end has later timbers.
Listing NGR: TQ6724541769
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM