Description

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY MAIDSTONE ROAD, MATFIELD
(east side)
6/146 Thorn House

II

House, at one time a public house. Probably mid C17 with later alterations
and a C19 addition. Framed construction, the ground floor underbuilt in
Flemish bond brick, the first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces west fronting the road. The core of the building is a
C17 single-depth 2 room plan house with a parlour/kitchen to the right, heated
by an end stack, and an unheated service end to the left, originally divided
between 2 service rooms and a stair cell. An outshut at the right end is
probably later, perhaps C18. The house has been extended at the left (north)
end with a parlour heated by a left end stack. Direct entrance into the
heated room.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front with a C19 plank front door
to right of centre with ornamental strap hinges. 3 first floor and 2 ground
floor 3-light casement windows, probably C19, with glazing bars; 2-light
casement to the outshut. Roof gabled at ends; end stacks with brick shafts.

Interior: The principal room has a ceiling beam on the long axis with jewel
scroll stops and exposed joists. Open fireplace with brick jambs, the lintel
dated 1727. The left hand early room has a scroll-stopped axial beam with
evidence of a former partition. The wall framing is visible on the first
floor and includes jowled wallposts and a tension brace on the former external
south end wall. C17 or C18 attic stair.

Roof: Clasped purlin roof construction.

An attractive small traditional house of the region. Group value with the
Standings Cross Public House (q.v.), opposite.

Listing NGR: TQ6611242088

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542259

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)