Description

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY FAIRMANS LANE

6/75 Chill Mill
20.10.54
GV II

House. Probably late C16/early C17, perhaps with an earlier core; early C20
alterations; later rear additions. Framed construction; peg-tile roof; brick
stacks.

Plan: The house is set back from the road and faces approximately south.
Details of plan unclear as access to interior unobtainable at time of survey
(1989). 5 bays. 3 room lobby entrance arrangement, the 2 right hand (east)
rooms heated by back-to-back fireplaces in an axial stack, hall in the centre,
parlour or kitchen to the right. The left hand room was originally an
unheated service room, probably divided into 2, with a later stack added at
the left end. A narrow bay associated with the stack suggets that the house
was probably floored from the outset, but it could relate to a former passage
and the house may have medieval origins. Triple shafts in the stack indicate
a heated chamber over the hall.

Exteior: 2 storeys. Roof half-hipped at ends. Staggered triple shafts to
the axial stack with a corbelled brick cornice. Framing of fairly closely-
spaced studs with downward curving tension braces above the middle rail in the
outer bays. Almost symmetrical 4-window front, 6 windows to the first floor.
Pentice along the front at first floor level with a peg-tile roof on brackets,
interrupted by a probably early C20 gabled framed porch re-using old timbers.
Early C20 plank front door. Circa 1920s windows: 1-, 2- and 4-light casements
glazed with plate glass, the ground floor windows with high transoms. Rear
elevation not inspected.

Interior and Roof: Not inspected as access unobtainable, but likely to be of
interest.

An internal inspection might necessitate revising the dating suggested here
and would be advisable if any planning application were proposed to ensure
that medieval or later features of interest are not disturbed.

Listing NGR: TQ6786041430

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541695

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