Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 190 - OASTHOUSE APPROXIMATELY 140 METRES SOUTH SOUTH WEST OF BADSELL MANOR FARMHOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6573 4464 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ64SE | 
| District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 64 SE                CAPEL             BADSELL ROAD
6/211                                     Oasthouse approx 140m south                                           south west of Badsell Manor                                           Farmhouse GV                                        II
Oasthouse.  Probably mid C19.  The stowage is English bond red brick with timber-framed front clad with weatherboards and has a slate roof.  The hop kilns are Flemish bond red brick with coated brick roofs.
Plan:  The oasthouse faces north east towards the road.  The stowage is open at ground floor level.  There are 4 hop kilns, 2 on the back and one each end towards the back.
Exterior:  Stowage has a 5-bay arcade at ground floor level of plain timber posts on stone pads which support the crossbeams.  The weatherboarded section above has a central loading hatch doorway flanked by 2 C19 shuttered windows each side.  Roof is gable-ended.  Each end wall contains a round-headed doorway.  All doorways contain C19 plank doors.  The hop kilns are circular in section and have eaves cornices of cogged brick.  Tall conical roofs with cowls.
Interior:  Has plain but sturdy carpentry detail.
Listing NGR: TQ6548044764
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 7 2011 10:40AM