Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 49 - WATERMANS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 6809 4342 (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 MILE OAK
6/183 Watermans
GV II
House. Probably C17 in origin C20 alterations in progress at time of survey (1989). Framed construction, the ground floor underbuilt in brick, the first floor weatherboarded; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.
Plan: The house faces east. 2-cell main range, the rooms heated from end stacks; rear right outshut, rear centre C19 wing at right angles. Known to have been 2 cottages at one time.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front, the roof gabled at ends; end stacks, the right end stack projecting with tile-hung set-offs. C20 front door to left of centre; various C19 and C20 1-, 3- and 4-light casements, some with small panes.
Interior: Exposed carpentry, the wall posts jowled. Some evidence of a former smoke bay at the left end.
Roof: Tie beam and clasped purlin arrangement, probably an C18 replacement.
Group value with other listed roadside houses at Mile Oak.
Listing NGR: TQ6809543427


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