Building record TQ 75 NW 364 - Petts Farmhouse

Summary

Petts Farmhouse was dismantled and rebuilt at the Museum of Kent Life.

Location

Grid reference TQ 74732 58367 (point) Centred
Map sheet TQ75NW
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish BOXLEY, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

Petts Farmhouse was dismantled and rebuilt at the Museum of Kent Life.

A clay pipe, a bone handled knife, a shoe and a wooden doll were found in the walls and floors of the farmhouse during dismantling. The doll appeared suddenly on the floor. Limbless, with shorn hair and a scarf circling her neck, her mutilated body is believed to have been hidden in the plaster near the front door. The shoe is over 150 years old and was found hidden under the floorboards. The shoe has been replaced, along with a modern time capsule.

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
BURHAM CP ROCHESTER ROAD TQ 76 SW (west side) 4/120 Petts Farmhouse
- II
Farmhouse. C17, clad in C19. Timber-framed encased in weather-boarding. Plain tiled roof with ridge stack off-centre to left. 2 storeys and garrets; irregular 3-window front, casements. Panelled door off-centre to left with small pentice hood.
Listing NGR: TQ7325661528


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Aug 11 2011 10:48AM