Description

TQ 5956 IGHTHAM THE STREET
5/14 (north side)

1.8.52 The Town House
(formerly listed under
Main Road)
GV
II

Hall-house, altered during the C16 and restored during the late C19. Central hall
with return gable wings to left and right. Timber-frame with plaster infilling,
close-studded to right, square-framed under left gable with curved braces. Some brick
infill on ground floor. Late Cl9 decorated barge-boards in gables. Plain tiled roof,
the central hall hipped. Small end stack to right, tall pair of brick stacks, square
and diagonally placed, at left end. Two gabled dormers in centre. One storey and
attic in centre, 2 storeys at ends. Projecting C19 gabled porch with decorated
barge-boards and inset linenfold panelled door to left of centre, tall pentice-roofed
oriel to right of centre. Projecting oriel with tiled pediment-gabled hood on first
floor under left-hand gable, simple metal lattic casements in wooden frames on ground
floor under left-hand gable and on both floors under right-hand gable. Interior: The
Central hall has been opened although the roof timbers are C19 with an attic above.

Listing NGR: TQ5953156748

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26644271

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)