Listed Building record TQ 73 SE 191 - CRABTREE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 7960 3439 (point)
Map sheet TQ73SE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish BENENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for TQ 73 SE BENENDEN COURSETHORN LANE 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree - II
The address shall be amended to read
TQ 73 SE BENENDEN CRANBROOK ROAD 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree - II
BENENDEN TQ73SE COURSETHORN LANE 1350-0/2/14 Crabtree II House. Late C16 timberframed lobby entrance house, altered c.1729, outshut added and refenestrated in C19. Exterior refronted in red brick in a mixture of Flemish and English bond to ground floor and tile hung to 1st floor. Tiled roof, hipped to left and half-hipped to right with cruciform late C16 brick chimneystack. 2 storeys, 3 windows. C19 metal casements with diamond panes and simple doorcase. Gable and outshut to rear. Interior has 2 large open fireplaces. Hall fireplace has salt cupboard and marks of crane. Chamfered spine beam with lamb's tongue stop. Parlour has C18 cupboard. 1st floor bedroom has early C19 duck's nest grate. Probably reroofed in 1729. The building appears to be shown on a 1777 Cranbrook estate map as Holding Farm and was gamekeeper's cottages to the estate within living memory.
Listing NGR: TQ8030633202


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 25 2014 1:07PM