Description

HEADCORN HIGH STREET
TQ 8344 (North side)
10/71 Nos. 53-57
(odd)

GV II

House and shops. C18 with later alterations. Ground floor chequered red
and grey brick, first floor patched red brick, partly in Flemish bond.
Mathematical tiles to first floor of right gable end, with banded plain
and fishscale tiles above. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys and garret.
Triangular wooden modillions to eaves cornice. Half-hipped roof. Brick
stack in rear slope of roof, to left of centre. Irregular fenestration of
3 windows; one 16-pane sash in open box towards left end and 2 recessed
sashes with marginal glazing bars towards right. 2 ground-floor shop
fronts. Boarded door with segmental head to No. 53 to left end. Boarded
double doors to Nos. 55 and 57 slightly to right of stack. Continuous
pentice on straight braces with weatherboarding to ends and plain tile
roof. Later C19 rear additions. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ8349344232

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26306350

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)