Listed Building record TQ 64 NW 120 - BROOK FARM COTTAGES

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 6033 4550 (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
1/297 Nos 1 and 2 Brook Farm Cottages
II
Pair of cottages. Mid/late C19 with some C20 extensions. Ground floor level is Flemish bond red brick with decorative burnt headers, timber-framing above is tile-hung and includes bands of scallop tiles; brick stack and chimneyshaft; tile roof.
Plan: Pair of contemporary cottages. L-plan building facing east. No 1 is to left (south) and No 2 to right is a crosswing projecting forward. An axial stack between serves back-to-back fireplaces. Each now has a 2-room plan with a front parlour and rear service room. The rear service rooms are C20 additions. 2 storeys with attics in roofspace.
Exterior: Regular but not symmetrical 1:1-window front. No 1 has C20 casements with glazing bars but No 2 has original C19 casements with glazing bars, the larger ones with mullion-and-transom frames. No 1 has a gabled dormer. Doorways each end of the front. Doorway to No 1 has a gabled porch and doorway to No 2 has an elliptical headed arch. Both contain C19 plank doors with coverstrips. A band of cogged brick at first floor level. Roofs are gable-ended with plain bargeboards with apex pendants. Stack has 4 diagonally-set chimneyshafts.
Interiors: Not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ6179545584


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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM