Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 126 - HATCHWAYS
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6921 4233 (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 64 SE               BRENCHLEY         CROOKE ROAD, Castle Hill
6/64                                     Hatchways
II
House.  Circa 1700 with late C19 and C20 rear additions.  Framed construction, the ground floor roughcast, the first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.
Plan:  North facing.  The house was formerly 2 cottages and may have been built as 2.  Main block L-plan, the right hand (west) end roofed on an east west axis with a crosswing at the left (east) end, each room heated by end stacks. To the rear there is a second, probably later block also roofed on an east west axis and the crosswing has been extended to the rear in the C19.
Exterior:  2 storeys.  Asymmetrical 3-window front, the roof half-hipped to the front at the left and half-hipped at the right end.  Large projecting end stacks with tile-hang batters.  1-, 2-, 3- and 4-light timber casement windows, probably C19, with glazing bars.  Present entrance on left return through a C20 conservatory.
Interior:  Exposed carpentry with runout stops to the main beams.  The right hand fireplace has an original lintel.  The left hand fireplace has a large square projecting bread oven.  Wall-framing with jowled wall posts.
Listing NGR: TQ6921542334
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