Description

BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA HEATH ROAD TQ 75 SE (North side) Cock Street

1/30 Tilts House (formerly listed 23.5.67 as Tilts Farm House)

GV II

Farmhouse, now house. Early C18, with early-to-mid C19 alterations. Red and grey brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. Double depth, but ranges possibly of slightly different dates. 2 storeys. Stone plinth, plain to front range, galleted to rear. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Brick-coped and kneelered gable ends to each range. Gable end stacks to front range, and gable end stack to left of rear range. Irregular fenestration of two multipane sashes with shallow sloping 'hoods' and central 20-pane sash, all in altered openings. Segmental heads to multipane ground-floor windows. Central panelled door with 4-light rectangular fanlight and flat hood. Interior: only partly inspected. High ceilings to front range with chamfered axial beams. Panelled doors. Stone-flagged entrance hall, with C18 dog-leg staircase rising towards rear of front range, branching twice to first floor rooms of rear range. Iron range to rear stack dated 1720. See also items 1/31 and 1/32.

Listing NGR: TQ7791250831

External Links

• Wikidata Q26313928

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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)