Listed Building record TQ 85 NW 69 - Roundwell
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8062 5557 (point) NBM |
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Map sheet | TQ85NW |
County | KENT |
District | MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Civil Parish | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Consists of the upper-end cross wing of a late medieval house, to one side of which a post-medieval range lies on the site of, and re-uses parts of, a medieval house of earlier date. Later alterations (2)
Description from record TQ 85 NW 217:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 85 NW THURNHAM ROUNDWELL
6/201 Roundwell 26.4.68
GV II House. Late C16 and early C17 with earlier cross-wing timber- framed with painted brick nogging and plaster infilling. Plain tiled roof. Main section: 2 low storeys on tall stone plinth. Widely spaced studding and arch brace to front of tension brace to gable end. Roof half-hipped at right end. Central brick ridge stack. Eaves dormer lighting first floor at left end. Irregular fenestration of one small two-light casement. Central rubbed door up flight of steps beneath stack with blocked door immediately to the right of it. Cross wing: 2 storeys, jettied to front with widely-spaced studding and long arched braces to first floor. Roof hipped to road with eaves higher and ridge slightly lower than main range. Projecting brick stack to left end. One 3-light casement on first-floor and original diamond wood mullion window on ground-floor. Door with fielded panels on left side elevation.
Listing NGR: TQ8109657601 (1)
Historic England archive material: RCH01/048/01/688 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Roundwell, Thurnham BF008680 ROUNDWELL, THURNHAM
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)
Record last edited
Nov 2 2023 5:39PM