Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18 July 2023 to update the name and address, amend description due to change in building use and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 74 SE
3/168

STAPLEHURST
STATION ROAD (east side)
Cromwell Farmhouse

(Formerly listed as The Railway Tavern)

II
Former public house. C17, with C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed. Main range weatherboarded, wing rendered, both with tile-hung gables. Plain tile roof. T-plan; main range at right-angles to road, wing to left towards centre. Two storeys and garret. Half-hipped roof to main range, and to left gable-end of wing. Multiple brick ridge stack to junction of main range and wing. Irregular fenestration of two casements; one small paned casement to wing and one two-light to gable end of main range. Lean-to to front gable end. Weatherboarded lean-to in angle between main range and wing, returning round gable end of wing, with stack and with door to left end. Single-storey weatherboarded addition with half-hipped roof to right, also with door.

Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed beams and C17 fireplace to front room of main range.

Listing NGR: TQ7857144252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26648604

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy