Description

DIPTFORD SX75NW DIPTFORD 4/243 Broadmead shown as "The Next" on 1906 OS Map II House. Early to mid C19 remodelling and enlargement of a probably C17 or early C18 or earlier house or cottage. Rendered stone rubble. Asbestos slate roof, gabled at right hand end and hipped at the left hand end and hipped end of rear wing. Large rendered gable lend chimney stack of the right hand end with set-offs and tapered cap. Small chimney shaft over left hand end. Plan: possibly the higher end of an earlier 3 room plan house or a small C17 2-room plan cottage, the higher end to the right, remodelled land enlarged in the early to mid C19 forming a 2-room and central stairhall plan house with a wing at the rear of the lower left hand end. the wing has been raised and an outshut built in the angle behind the front range possibly later in c19. Exterior: 2 storeys. South east front almost symmetrical 3 window range. First floor has 3 early C19 12-pane sashes. The ground floor has 2 smaller early C19 12-pane sashes with thicker glazing bars and a central doorway with an early C19 flush panel door and a small rectangular overlight, a late C19 glazed porch with a finial over the gable. the rear wing appears to have been raised land its cellar filled in. Interior: only partly inspected. The C19 joinery seems to be intact including panelled doors. The stairs are a C20 replacement.

Listing NGR: SX7258856858

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