Description

1.
5272 SMARDEN WATER LANE
Hartnup House
TQ 8742 23/16 17.9.52.

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2.
L-shaped timber-framed building. The north-west wing is probably C15. It
has plaster infilling colour-washed. The ground floor is close-studded. The
first floor oversails on both fronts on the protruding ends of the floor joists
and brackets. Dragon beam with moulded post. Hipped tiled roof. Casement
windows with small square leaded panes. Two storeys and attics. Three windows
and 2 hipped dormers facing north-west, one window and one hipped dormer facing
north-east. The south-east wing was added by Matthew Hartnup in 1671. This
has red brick infilling and one bay window of 5 lights on the ground and first
floors, with a gable oversailing on a bessummer, carved with the figures of
2 hippototami and between these the words, "Matthew Hartnup" and containing
an attic window with the date 1671 over it. The south-east window bay of
this wing has been refaced in red brick and grey headers. Two windows. Doorcase
with single petalled roses of York and Lancaster. The courtyard to Hartnup
House is paved with Bethersden marble.

Listing NGR: TQ8792342335

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17556973

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