Listed Building record TQ 84 SW 219 - LASHENDEN FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 8466 4089 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish FRITTENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FRITTENDEN TQ 84 SW 3/2 Lashenden Farmhouse
GV II House. C16 or earlier, extended and altered C16/C17 and C20. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill on red brick around floor in part in English Bond. Plain tiled roof. Four framed bay lobby entry (originally hall?). House extended by additional 2 bays. Two storeys with roof hipped with large gablet to left and half-hipped to right with stack cluster to centre left, and to rear. Irregular fenestration of leaded wooden casements, 5 on first floor with 4 light coved oriel to centre, and 3 to ground floor with C20 plank and stud door to end right with 4 centred arched surround. Principal entrance in rear elevation, with catslide roof, and C20 pentize/porch. The narrow framed bay into which the main stack is set indicates the original entry position. Interior: chamfered beams throughout, several early mullioned (diamond-set) windows and shutter grooves, chamfered inglenook bressummer. Turner baluster dogleg stair and contemporary (ie early C18) panelled door. Main range with clasped purlin roof with crown post truss taken up to ridge, as a king post, to left end bay. Queen post roof to additional right hand bays.
Listing NGR: TQ8149241035


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