Listed Building record TQ 85 NW 69 - Roundwell
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8062 5557 (point) NBM | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ85NW | 
| County | KENT | 
| District | MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
| Civil Parish | THURNHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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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