Listed Building record TQ 64 SW 111 - KIPPINGS CROSS FARMHOUSE
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 6441 4006 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ64SW | 
| 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 SW                BRENCHLEY         HASTINGS ROAD
5/86                                      Kippings Cross Farmhouse
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House.  C17 origins, remodelled and refronted in the circa late C18/early C19. Originally framed construction, the front elevation rebuilt and stuccoed, the other elevations brick and tile-hung, the rear elevation with stone rubble footings; peg-tile roof to the front of the ridge, slated to the rear; stone and brick stacks with rendered shafts.
Plan:  The house faces east.  Double depth plan with principal heated rooms to left and right at the front, flanking a central entrance passage containing the stair.  Rear service rooms, the rear left room heated under a 2-storey lean-to.  The plan form may be largely that of the C17, the rear brickwork suggests that a pre C19 outshut has been raised to 2 storeys.
Exterior:  2 storeys.  Almost symmetrical 3-bay front with a plinth and roof with sprocketted eaves, gabled at ends.  Central projecting enclosed porch with pilasters with capitals, a moulded cornice and an outer doorway with a basket arch; half-glazed C19 or early C20 front door.  Platband at first floor level.  2 ground floor 12-pane sash windows, probably early C19.  2 first floor left hand windows probably late C18 12-pane sashes with margin glazing, first floor window right 16-pane early C19 sash.
Interior:  Some remains of the C17 fabric are visible including wall posts to the framing of the rear wall of the main block.  The right hand front room has served as a kitchen at one time and has a massive open fireplace with a bread oven.  The left hand front room has a chamfered crossbeam.  Circa early C19 stair with a turned newel post and stick balusters.  Re-used C17 panelled door on the first floor which also preserves a late Victorian tiled chimney-piece.
Listing NGR: TQ6441240063
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM