Description

LENHAM MAIDSTONE ROAD
TQ 8952
(south side)
10/209 No. 5
20.10.52.
GV
II
House and possibly shop, now house. Late C15 or early C16. Painted
brick ground floor, timber-framed on first floor, with plaster
infilling. Plain tile roof. 2 timber-framed bays; right side of
ground floor possibly a shop. 2 storeys on plinth, with continuous
jetty (underbuilt) at higher level than that of Nos. 1 and 3.
First floor close-studded, but some of studs applied. Large brick
ridge stack to left end. 2 single-light windows with original cills;
one towards left end and one immediately to right of bay-post,
with one 2-light casement to right of each. Later, blocked, door
opening to right end of first floor. Door with 2 panels under
shallow flat bracketted hood up one step, off-centre to right.
Interior: exposed timbers including first-floor tension braces.
Plain crown post with 2 upward and 2 ogee downward braces.
Fragmentary evidence for possible timber stack. C18 or C19 brick
stack.

Listing NGR: TQ8980252161

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628001

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