Description

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY PALMERS GREEN LANE

6/184 Hononton Cottage

GV II

House. Circa early C17, perhaps a remodelling of an earlier building. Late
C20 alterations. Framed construction, the ground floor infilled with
stretcher bond brick but retaining the wall posts; first floor tile-hung; peg-
tile roof; brick stacks.

Plan: The house faces west. 5 bays. 3 room lobby entrance plan, the 2 left
hand (northern) rooms heated by back-to-back fireplaces in an axial stack:
hall in the centre, parlour or kitchen to the left (north). The left hand
fireplace may be secondary as the narrow bay appears to be associated only
with the hall stack and the relationship between the left hand fireplace and
the ceiling carpentry of the room is awkward. Unheated service room to the
right (south) formerly divided into 2, probably buttery and pantry. The
position of the original stair is unclear. It may have risen from the front
of the 2 service rooms. Later rear outshut.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 3-window front. Roof half-hipped at ends.
Axial stack with rebuilt shaft to left of centre, C20 stack at right end. All
the windows and front door are late C20 with plastic frames and diamond leaded
panes. Front door slightly to left of the original entrance but still facing
the axial chimneybreast. 3 first and 2 ground floor 2-light casements.

Interior: The hall, in the centre, has a chamfered beam on the long axis with
step stops and chamfered joists. The fireplace has been rebuilt. The
original doorway to the service end has been blocked but retains a chamfered
lintel. Evidence of former mullioned window with diagonally-set mullions on
the rear wall, converted to a doorway to the outshut. The left hand room has
exposed joists and an open fireplace with rebuilt jambs and an original
lintel. A cross beam immediately in front of the fireplace retains sockets
for a former partition. It may be a re-used timber, alternatively the stack
may be inserted in a former passage. The service end has exposed joists and
evidence of a former partition dividing it into 2. The wall posts have flared
jowls. 2 blocked mullioned windows on the rear elevation of the first floor,
one retaining original mullions.

Roof: Staggered butt purlin roof, probably a late C17 replacement.

A traditional house of the region retaining most of its frame.

Listing NGR: TQ6879241720

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543128

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper