Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 208 - THE OLD LAUNDRY

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1680 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 6586 4180 (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:
In the entries for the following serial numbers ---
14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165 14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175 14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley.
The address shall be amended to read---
"THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN"
TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN (east side) 14/178 The Old Laundry
GV II
House. Circa 1700 with late C20 alterations. Framed construction, the front elevation roughcast; peg-tile roof; brick stack.
Plan: West facing. Single depth main block 2-rooms wide with a larger, heated room to the right, rear outshut. Single-storey addition at right end. In the 1920s and 30s the building was used as a laundry and the front single- storey addition was used as the ironing room (information from the owner).
Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Symmetrical 3-bay front to the main block with a deep mansard roof. Disused C19 front door in the centre, flanked by C19 3-light small-pane casements, 2 similar first floor windows. The 2 left hand windows each have top-hung panes, presumably to ventilate the laundry. Flat-roofed attic dormer with a small-pane C19 casement. The single-storey addition at the right end has a C20 front door to the left and garage doors to the right.
Interior: Modernised. The partition between the 2 rooms has been removed.
Listing NGR: TQ6586441810


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM