Description

TQ 74 SW BRENCHLEY

6/34 Poplars including garden
railings to the north

GV II

Former farmhouse in 2 occupations. Mid C17 with early C19 alterations and
some C20 extension. Close-studded framed construction, the first floor and
attic storey tile-hung with bands of scalloped tiles; peg-tile roof; brick
stacks. Left (north) return wall rebuilt in brick.

Plan: The house faces north. Double depth plan 2-rooms wide with a central
entrance and 2 short crosswings each with an axial stack with a rear centre
stair projection flush with the ends of the wings. The house has been
extended at the south end, probably in the C19, when it was re-fenestrated.

Exterior: 2 storeys and attic. Handsome, almost symmetrical 4-window front, jettied on the front and both returns, gabled to the front to left and right
with a lower gable in the centre, the right hand gable slightly larger than
the left. The first floor jetty has a moulded fascia and a moulded bracket at
the front left corne,r a plain curved bracket at the front right. The attic
storey is also jettied with similar brackets. Moulded bargeboards to the
gables. Half-glazed C19 front door behind a recessed porch, the porch lintel
with short arched braces. 2 ground floor early C19 canted bay windows with
16-pane sashes in the centre flanked by 4-pane outer lights. 4 first floor
early Cl9 12-pane sashes, 3 similar first floor sashes, one to each gable.
The close-studding on the ground floor includes an original blocked mullioned
window alongside the porch to the left. At the right end a Cl9 outshut,
slightly set back, is tile-hung with bands of ornamented tiles. Behind it
another addition is brick and tile-hung. The rear elevation of the main block
is less regular than the front with probably Cl9 small-pane casements, a Cl9
rear centre door with a flat porch hood and an outshut at the right (east)
end. Railings to the garden of the house are included in the listing. They
are Cl9 on a low brick plinth with a cast iron gate with fleur-de-lis finials
to the verticals.

Interior: West end of house only inspected. The jettied south return wall of
the main block survives complete, now internal, with close-studding to sole
plate level and a blocked mullioned window in the framing. The right hand
(west) front room preserves exposed ceiling carpentry including a dragon beam,
C20 chimneypiece, possibly concealing an earlier fireplace. The C19 addition
includes a Victorian kitchen with an open fireplace with brick jambs and a
timber lintel. East end of the house not fully inspected but a C19 stick
baluster stair rises in entrance hall and C17 carpentry is likely to survive
elsewhere.

Roof: Not inspected but may be of interest.

Listing NGR: TQ6724641021

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567037

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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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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)