Description

STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET
TQ 7843 (East side)

5/126 Nos. 1, 2 and
3 The Crown and
23.5.67 carriage entrance
to south
(formerly listed
as Crown Cottages)

GV II

House row, possibly formerly an inn. Mid C16, restored early C20.
Timber framed with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. Approximately
8 timber-framed bays; including 2 stack bays. 2 storeys and cellars.
Brick plinth, with stone base to left end. Close-studded. Continuous
jetty on moulded bressumer, with moulded solid-spandrel brackets. Mid-
height rail to first floor, interrupted by principal posts and by
studs flanking windows. Roof half-hipped to left with gablet; to right,
hipped with gablet down to lower ridge over right end of main range and
over carriage entrance. Brick ridge stacks to second and sixth timber-
framed bays from left, with rear brick stack between them and another
to right end. Irregular fenestration of 6 leaded 3-light wood mullion
casements. 3 ribbed doors with 4-centred-arched heads; one to left
stack bay, one towards right end of fourth timber-framed bay from left,
and one to right of seventh bay from left, each up a flight of stone
steps and with small grilled judas. Arch-braced carriage entrance to
right end. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7856543164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26653150

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)