Listed Building record TQ 64 NW 138 - BARN APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES SOUTH WEST OF GATE COTTAGE AND GATE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 6175 4556 (point)
Map sheet TQ64NW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY LANE
1/307 Barn approx 25m south west of Gate Cottage and Gate House
GV II
Barn. C17 or C18. Weatherboarded timber-framing on brick footings, these on top of a plinth of coursed blocks of sandstone which show on the east end; peg-tile roof.
Plan: Threshing barn on an east west axis with large central opposing double doorways onto the threshing floor. The west wall is secondary (probably C19) and the barn once extended further westwards.
Exterior: Central double doorways both sides contain C19 double doors. Roof is half-hipped both ends.
Interior: 3 bays and original framed structure is largely intact. The wall frames have broad curving tension braces above the middle rails. Wall posts with jowled heads carry arch-braced tie-beams and clasped side purlin trusses (no queen struts).
Listing NGR: TQ6178945584


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