Description

In the entries for the following serial numbers ---

14/156, 14/157, 14/158, 14/159, 14/160, 14/161, 14/162, 14/163, 14/164, 14/165
14/166, 14/167, 14/168, 14/169, 14/170, 14/171, 14/172, 14/173, 14/174, 14/175
14/176, 14/177, 14/178, 14/179, in the parish of Brenchley.

The address shall be amended to read---

"THE GREEN, Matfield" in place of "MATFIELD GREEN

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TQ 65 41 BRENCHLEY MATFIELD GREEN
(west side)
14/163 Hatherliegh including garden
20.10.54 walls and gate to the east

GV II

House, garden walls and gate. An early C18 remodelling of a circa mid/late
C17 house, parts of which may be earlier. Close-studded framed construction,
the front and return walls rebuilt in Flemish bond brick to the ground floor,
the first floor tile hung; west end of the north west wing brick; peg-tile
roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces east across Matfield Green. Overall L-plan, the main
block 3 rooms wide with a central unheated entrance hall and principal rooms
to left and right, heated from end stacks. 2 phase rear right (north west)
service wing at right angles, heated from an end stack. The main range has a
rear outshut. The framing that survives on the rear wall suggests that a C17
house has been remodelled and upgraded. The service wing, which may
originally have been unheated, appears to have been extended or rebuilt at the
west end.

Exterior: 2 storeys, cellar and attic. Extremely attractive symmetrical 4-
window east front with a moulded fascia at first floor level and moulded eaves
cornice. Gable-ended roof with end stacks. Central C18 half-glazed front
door with fielded panels and a flat porch hood on moulded brackets. Evidence
of blocked windows to left and right of the door, 4 first floor and 2 ground
floor C18 12-pane sash windows with margin glazing and louvred sun shutters.
2 attic dormers with cambered lead roofs and moulded cornices, glazed with 2-
light small-pane casements. The right return of the main block has an C18
half-glazed 2-panel door in the gable end. The wing has one ground floor 3-
light casement with square leaded panes and quadrant catches. The roof of the
main block is carried down as a catslide over the rear outshut and has 3 flat-
roofed dormers. Early C19 or earlier. Red brick garden wall to the east has
an iron rail on the top with spear finials and a pretty wrought and cast iron
garden gate with an S-shaped diagonal brace and verticals with spear finials
with fleur-de-lis finials to the styles.

Interior: Exposed ceiling beams to the entrance hall are of slender scantling
with scroll stops. The right hand room has a large open fireplace with scroll
stops. Good set of C18 2-panel doors throughout. The stair rises from the
rear of the entrance hall, within the outshut. The framed rear wall of the
main block survives to sole plate level.

Listing NGR: TQ6574341901

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26542679

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