Description

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TQ 66 SE
3/244

BIRLING CP
Alex Hughes Close
No 1

(Formerly listed as No 1, The Firs, Alex Hughes Close, previously listed as The Firs, MALLING ROAD)

II
Farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17, refronted in mid C19. Timber-framed block to rear, clad in red brick on ground floor with rendered first floor. Red and blue brick chequer block to front. Plain tiled roofs with train ridge to rear, half-hipped to south. Three gabled wings to front, symmetrical with lower central gable. Shafted C17 brick ridge stack to south on rear main ridge. Brick side stacks on sides of front block. Two storeys; three window front, heavy cement cornice-lintels to sashes with double vertical glazing bars in each blade. Smaller window in centre of first floor and large tripartite sashes on ground floor of outer bays. Central entrance with cornice lintel, plain transom light
and half-glazed door.

Listing NGR: TQ6767861234

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26324477

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (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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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings