Description

TQ 64 SW BRENCHLEY HASTINGS ROAD

5/86 Kippings Cross Farmhouse

II

House. C17 origins, remodelled and refronted in the circa late C18/early C19.
Originally framed construction, the front elevation rebuilt and stuccoed, the
other elevations brick and tile-hung, the rear elevation with stone rubble
footings; peg-tile roof to the front of the ridge, slated to the rear; stone
and brick stacks with rendered shafts.

Plan: The house faces east. Double depth plan with principal heated rooms to
left and right at the front, flanking a central entrance passage containing
the stair. Rear service rooms, the rear left room heated under a 2-storey
lean-to. The plan form may be largely that of the C17, the rear brickwork
suggests that a pre C19 outshut has been raised to 2 storeys.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Almost symmetrical 3-bay front with a plinth and roof
with sprocketted eaves, gabled at ends. Central projecting enclosed porch
with pilasters with capitals, a moulded cornice and an outer doorway with a
basket arch; half-glazed C19 or early C20 front door. Platband at first floor
level. 2 ground floor 12-pane sash windows, probably early C19. 2 first
floor left hand windows probably late C18 12-pane sashes with margin glazing,
first floor window right 16-pane early C19 sash.

Interior: Some remains of the C17 fabric are visible including wall posts to
the framing of the rear wall of the main block. The right hand front room has
served as a kitchen at one time and has a massive open fireplace with a bread
oven. The left hand front room has a chamfered crossbeam. Circa early C19
stair with a turned newel post and stick balusters. Re-used C17 panelled door
on the first floor which also preserves a late Victorian tiled chimney-piece.

Listing NGR: TQ6441240063

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26554431

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)