Description

TQ 64 SE BRENCHLEY SPOUT LANE

6/186 Flightshott (formerly listed
as Flightshott Cottage)
2.2.79
II

House. Mid/late C17 or earlier origins, thoroughly renovated and largely
rebuilt since 1976, alterations still in progress at time of survey (1989).
Framed construction, underbuilt in Flemish bond brick, first floor tile-hung;
peg-tile roof; stack with brick shafts.

Plan: North east facing. Overall L-plan, the main block 2 rooms wide with a
large heated room to the left and an unheated room to the right containing the
stair, rear right outshut. Lower-roofed rear left service wing at right
angles may be earlier in origin. The internal plan has been modified during
the present programme of alterations. Present entrance into the rear right
outshut.

Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Tall, symmetrical 2-window north east front
with regularly spaced C20 3-light ovolo-moulded windows, the ground floor
window right with a narrow timber lintel with shallow C17 carving. The eaves
of the half-hipped roof are supported on 3 shaped brackets, the outer brackets
elaborately-carved. On the left return the attic storey is jettied. C20
front door on right return. The axial stack of the rear wing has 4
impressively tall staggered shafts.

Interior: Somewhat fragmentary remains of high quality C17 work. The
principal heated room on the ground floor has a moulded crossbeam supported on
short moulded brackets and a large open fireplace. The 2 first floor rooms in
the main block have 3-light ovolo-moulded windows, set high up and blocked
externally. A chamfered bar-stopped frame on the front wall of the left hand
first floor room surrounds the existing C20 window. The first floor has been
re-partitioned but the original chamber fireplace survives in situ with stone
jambs and a cranked chamfered lintel.

Roof: No access to roofspace at time of survey (1989).

Listing NGR: TQ6850040287

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26543129

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