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West House

A Grade II Listed Building in Biddenden, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1152 / 51°6'54"N

Longitude: 0.6424 / 0°38'32"E

OS Eastings: 585041

OS Northings: 138423

OS Grid: TQ850384

Mapcode National: GBR QVN.16N

Mapcode Global: VHJN8.27YD

Plus Code: 9F324J8R+3W

Entry Name: West House

Listing Date: 4 June 1952

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1070975

English Heritage Legacy ID: 180162

Also known as: The West House

ID on this website: 101070975

Location: Biddenden, Ashford, Kent, TN27

County: Kent

District: Ashford

Civil Parish: Biddenden

Built-Up Area: Biddenden

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


BIDDENDEN HIGH STREET
1.
5272 (north side)
No 28 (West House)
TQ 8538 16/60 4.6.52.
II GV
2.
C16 or earlier timber-framed building with traces of timbering and plaster
infilling on the ground floor. Largely refaced, on the ground floor with
brick, now painted, and above tile hung, but retaining the wide overhang of
its 1st floor on a bressummer and brackets with a bellcast above. Two storeys.
Tiled roof. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Three sash windows with vertical
glazing bars intact. Two small bays on the ground floor. Four centred wooden
doorway with carved spandrels and low rectangular fanlight above. Contemporary
paving of Bethersden marble forms footpath in front and extending to south-east
about 12 yards.


Listing NGR: TQ8504338428

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