Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 107 - BRENCHLEY MANOR OAST

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1867 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 6756 4215 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
County KENT
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 BRENCHLEY ROAD, BRENCHLEY
6/41 Brenchley Manor Oast
GV II
Oasthouse converted to a house. Probably late C19; late C20 conversion. Flemish bond brick, the first floor of the stowage weatherboarded.
Plan: Sited north west of Brenchley Manor. The stowage is roofed on a north south axis with 2 kilns at the north, one adjoining the north end, another the west side, both square on plan. Late C20 conservatory added on the west side.
Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 7:1 window east front, facing the rear of Brenchley Manor, the one window to the kiln. Roof hipped at left end of stowage; pyramidal roof with a cowl to the kiln with a band of brick cogging below the roof. The stowage has a pair of tall plain doors in the let, a smaller door to the right and small-pane casement windows, one converted from a loft opening. The kiln has one round-headed ground floor window and a 2- light first floor casement.
Included for group value with Brenchley Manor (q.v.).
Listing NGR: TQ6756542152


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

Barbara Simms, 2009, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Brenchley Manor (Unpublished document). SKE16076.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barbara Simms. 2009. The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Brenchley Manor.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2013 2:48PM