Description

BROOMFIELD LOWER BROOMFIELD
TQ 85 SW ROAD
(west side)
2/15 Barrack Cottages
26.4.68
GV II

Cottage row. Early 19th century. Coursed galletted stone on
galletted stone plinth, with end pilaster strips and broad full-
height central panel in chequered red and grey brick. Two 3-course
plat bands in English bond with central grey brick header course;
one above plinth and one between floors. Red brick window and door
dressings. Two parallel ranges. 2 storeys and cellars, with
dentilled red brick eaves cornice. Hipped roof, hips returning to
right and left. 4 stacks; one towards each end, one at left end
and one to rear at right end. Regular 7-window front of deeply
recessed round-headed 2-light casements with projecting keystones
and cills; one to central panel and 3 smaller ones to each side
section. No keystone to central window. 8 ground-floor windows
in pairs under outer windows of each side section. 3 recessed
round-headed boarded doors, central door broader, each with 2
segmental top lights; one to central panel and one to centre of
each side section, that to right up 2 steps. Broad chamfered wooden
hood over central door. Coach house added to right. Stone with red
brick dressings. 2 storeys. Lean-to roof with stone-coped parapet.
One window in same style as cottages. Blocked double doorway to
ground floor. Single-storey stone lean-to added to right of coach-
house, formerly part of a bullock yard. Interior not inspected, but
said to retain original doors. Associated with Leeds Castle.

Listing NGR: TQ8389452514

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26314088

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Recommended Books

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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)