Listed Building record TQ 64 SE 68 - CONVERTED BARN ABOUT 40 METRES NORTH OF WAT TYLER'S COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1988

Location

Grid reference TQ 6837 4220 (point)
Map sheet TQ64SE
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 THE CROOK
6/59 Converted barn about 40m north of Wat Tyler's Cottage
GV II
House, converted from barn in 1988. Barn probably early C16 or earlier. Framed construction on a brick plinth clad in weatherboarding; peg-tile roof.
Plan: 6-bay roadside barn, facing south. Opposed doorways in the 2nd bay from the left (west) are indicated in the conversion, which has a front door in this bay on the south side and a glazed section on the north side lighting the stair which rises in front of the door.
Exterior: Asymmetrical 8-window front, the roof hipped at the left end, half- hipped at the right end. C20 plank door to left of centre flanked by 2 tall windows without glazing bars, 3 similar window above the front door in the entrance bay. Pair of plank garage doors to the extreme right. The remaining windows, 1- and 2-light, are timber casements without glazing bars, matching windows on the rear elevation. No stacks or stove pipes.
Interior: The entrance bay rises to the full height of the barn which is otherwise floored. The wall-framing survives with jowled wall posts. Some timbers were replaced following the complete collapse of the building during the October 1987 hurricane.
Roof: Crown post construction with plain posts, some with 4-way, some with 3- way braces. One tier of curved windbraces of large scantling.
A sympathetic conversion of an impressively large early barn. Group value with the adjacent converted oasthouse (q.v.) and Wat Tyler's Cottage.
Listing NGR: TQ6837742205


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

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2011 4:18PM