Description

TR 04 SE BROOK THE STREET
(East side)

4/59 Court Lodge
27.11.57

GV II*

House. C15 or earlier, restored 1911. Timber framed and tile hung,
with some red brick and exposed frame to return and rear elevations.
Plain tiled roof. Hall house with crosswings and extended service
end. One storey and attic hall, with 2 storey wings, with jettied
cross-hipped wing to right, and projecting gable and stepped-up gable
from main ridge to left. Stacks to centre and to left, with central
hipped dormer. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements and early
C20 mullioned and transomed windows on ground floor. Panelled door
with sidelights and flat hood to left. Left return with large C17
mullioned and transomed windows. Interior: in origin, a 2 bay hall
with service bay and parlour crosswing, with C15 exterior kitchen
(the remains, with smoke blackened rafters incorporated in left hand
service wing), with jowls for 3 service doors from cross-passage. C16
or C17 kitchen with smoke bay at left (north) end of main range,
possible reconstruction from C15 structure. Crown post roof to hall
and heavily braced tie beam with no crown post to crosswing, also with
dragon beam. Probably constructed (with the barn adjacent) by Christ
Church priory, (Canterbury Cathedral), restored for File family c.1911.
(See Traditional Kent Buildings, Vol. 5).

Listing NGR: TR0663544232

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556845

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)