Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 126 - HATCHWAYS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1680 to 1999

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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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM