Description

HILDENBOROUGH MILL LANE (east side)
TQ 55 SE
2/158 Great Hollanden Farmhouse
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GV II

Farmhouse. Circa mid C16 or earlier with a probably C17 remodelling at the
north end and a late C19 addition. The main range framed construction,
underbuilt in Flemish bond brick, the first floor tile-hung; peg-tile roof;
ragstone rubble and brick stacks. The C19 addition is brick with a peg-tile
roof and brick stacks.

Plan and Development: West-facing. Overall L plan, the main range 2 rooms
wide with a crosswing at the north end, the crosswing extended to the rear
(east) in the late C19. The 5-bay main range represents the higher end and
cross passage entrance of a circa mid C16 house. The higher end may be single
phase, although the combination of a crown post roof with a close-studded
crosswall seems rather unusual. Both the hall and the jettied inner end (to
the south) are heated from massive projecting lateral stacks and there is a
large high status heated chamber over the hall. The crosswing, with few
dateable details, is probably a C17 rebuilding of the mid C16 lower end,
although much altered later. In the late C19 the crosswing was extended, a
series of 2-storey rear lean-tos were added to the main range and a stair
introduced into the passage.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Asymmetrical 1:3 window west front, the gable end of
the crosswing to the left, the roof of the main range gabled at the right end.
C19 gabled porch to the entrance, alongside the crosswing, with a segmental
arched outer doorway and a half-glazed 2-leaf circa early C20 inner door. To
the right a C19 or early C20 single-storey projecting bay with a 2-light
casement. 2-, 3- and 4-light C19 casements with glazing bars, some paired.
The right (south) end is jettied with a large late C20 window replacing a C17
bay window. The projecting lateral stacks on the rear elevation are now
enclosed by the C19 additions. They have tall, tapering, handmade brick
shafts, the chimney breasts ragstone rubble, the rear right stack with a
rebuilt shaft. The left (north) return has a probably C19 stack heating the
crosswing and 2 ground and one first floor 3-light casements. The C19
extension is 6 windows on the north side, the ground floor windows with
segmental arched heads and all preserving their C19 glazing, 2-panes per
light.

Interior: The circa mid C16 hall has a richly-moulded, longitudinal beam with
canted step stops, a neatly-carpentered close-studded partition at the higher
end and a large open fireplace with moulded stone jambs, the lintel concealed
by late C19 or early C20 timbers. The right hand room has a similar moulded
and stopped crossbeam and matching intersecting beam on the north side only.
The crosswing is plain, with no early visible features. The chamber over the
hall has an intersecting beam ceiling with chamfered stopped beams and a good
C16 moulded stone chimney-piece with a Tudor arched lintel. Some wall framing
with large tension braces is visible on the first floor.

Roof: 5-bays of crown post construction, one of the posts removed. The
carpentry is of a late character for the roof type with plain posts braced 2
ways to the collar purlin and probably only once to the tie-beams, although
some braces may have been removed. The timber is of comparatively slender
scantling, the braces flat and broad and the bays closely-spaced. The tie-
beams are supported on jowled wallposts.

A ledger stone (presently concealed) below the altar of Leigh church
commemorates John Stace of Hollenden, died 1591. (Information from the
owners, who have a full list of C16 and C17 owners and photographs of the
house in the late C19.)

A high status traditional house with interesting carpentry.

Listing NGR: TQ5588949619

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26567221

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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