Description

WEST MALLING

TQ6857 KING STREET
1156-0/3/108 No.36
Avicia Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Late medieval, refronted and underbuilt in early C19
and refenestrated in C20. Timber-framed building the exterior
roughcast with old tiled roof. Passageway clad in
weatherboarding. 2 storeys 3 windows. 1st floor has 3 C20
casements, some with leaded lights. Ground floor has 3 C20
casements. Doorcase with flat hood and brackets and plank
door. Plinth. Rear elevation has projecting gable with exposed
tension braces. Mullioned window and early C19 fixed casement.

Interior reported to have fine moulded crownpost with beam
moulding. An unusual plate beam fronts the road (covered
externally) showing concave moulding and decoration over 2ft
in width. The solar supporting beam internally shows
castellated and decorative mouldings. The inglenook fireplace,
9ft in width, is flanked by stone mouldings, possibly
ecclesiastical in origin. The inglenook comprised of ashlar
and 2in bricks is probably early C16, inserted during the
Tudor modernization when the ceilings were inserted. Original
well at rear.
(Crozier P: Survey of buildings in West Malling: ITEM 16).

Listing NGR: TQ6800957856

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26513330

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Recommended Books

• 
  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Care and Repair
• 
  For the Record
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)