Farmstead record TQ 64 NW 295 - Tatlingbury Farm

Summary

A dispersed multiyard plan farmstead. Farmstead consists of a yard surrounded by a farmhouse (with medieval origins), barn, stables and an oasthouse to the east.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6380 4503 (point)
Map sheet TQ64NW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

1990 survey: Farmstead sits at a road junction. Listed farmhouse (with walled garden to the west) sits south of the farmyard, with a listed oasthouse to the east (a rebuild of a building seen on the title map). Listed barn sits to the east of the yard. A stable sits on the west side of the yard. Map evidence suggests a second (?stock) yard west of the stable, of which some of the outer walls still remain. Granary southwest of this second yard (mid 19th century), now an isolated structure (was connected to walls of this yard). The 3rd edition map shows a third yard west of the second, containing animal houses.
Maps show a further building, west of the walled garden, with pond to the south. Remains of a Tar tank (mid-late 19th century) to the south west. The buildings shown on early maps on the east side of the listed barn have been replaced by a large machine shed.
Stable (mid 19th century) is a replacement of the builidng on the 1844 map, brick and timber built (1).

Type: Dispersed multi-yard
Position: Hamlet
Survivial: Altered - partial loss of original form (less than 50%)
Notes: Oast converted (2,3).


<1> Kent Farmsteads Survey, 1990, Tunbridge Wells, Capel, Tatlingbury Farm survey (Unpublished document). SKE30095.

<2> Forum Heritage Services, 2012, Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project (Unpublished document). SKE18075.

<3> English Heritage, 2009, Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping (Unpublished document). SKE18076.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Kent Farmsteads Survey. 1990. Tunbridge Wells, Capel, Tatlingbury Farm survey.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Forum Heritage Services. 2012. Kent Farmsteads & Landscape Project.
  • <3> Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2009. Historic Farmsteads: A Manual for Mapping.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (3)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Farmstead Survey, Tunbridge Wells, Capel, Tatlingbury Farm (Ref: KFS-000092) (EKE13905)

Record last edited

Jan 28 2015 1:52PM