Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 88 - BARN IMMEDIATELY WEST OF CATTS PLACE

The following text is from the original listed building designation (1):
"TQ 64 SE PADDOCK WOOD MILE OAK ROAD
6/342 Barn immediately west of Catts Place
GV II
Barn. Probably C17 in origin, repaired and altered following a fire in the 1930s. Close-studded framed construction on brick and stone footings; peg- tile roof.
Plan: Roofed on a west east axis, parallel to Catts Place. 1930s entrance at west end. The east end of the building is lofted, with a separate room, entered through a doorway on the north side, on the ground floor with no through access to the main barn, the party wall 1930s. C20 greenhouse adjoins the south side.
Exterior: Partly lofted. The north elevation has a probably 1930s doorway at the left end with a window alongside and blocked windows in the framing to right of centre. Straight braces above the middle rail. The right (west) return has a 2-light 1930s window with diamond leaded panes above the 1930s door.
Interior: The wall framing preserves wall posts with formed jowls and incorporates re-used timbers.
Roof: The remains, much renewed, of a queen strut and clasped purlin roof, heavily charred over the left (east) end.
Listing NGR: TQ6805243728" (1)

The impact of proposed development near the farmhouse was assessed by a Cotswold Archaeology Desk-based assessment in June 2014. (2)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Cotswold Archaeology, 2014, Heritage Desk-Based Assessment: Paddock Wood Solar Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE31170.