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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 74 SE 162 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | THORN FARMHOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1911
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7591 4310 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ74SE |
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| Parish: | MARDEN, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1567 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following building shall be added to the list:-
TQ 74 SE MARDEN THORN ROAD
4/10000 Thorn Farmhouse
GV II
Former farmhouse, now house. Late C16 or early C17 lobby entrance house refronted in mid C19 with 1911 crosswing added to right hand side. Timber framed building, refronted in stucco but tile hung on painted brick ground floor to sides and rear. Pegtiled roof with 2 brick chimneystacks. 1911 wing of stucco and brick with half-hipped timber framed gable not of special interest. Front of original wing 2 storeys 3 windows. Mainly 16-pane sashes (except for 12-pane central window) with cambered heads and horns. Roughcast and tiled central porch of 1911. Ribbed brick chimneystack in centre, recapped c1911. Rear elevation has 2 gables, the left side longer and with a gabled infill block (probably of C18 date) in the angle between the 2. Irregular fenestration, some mid C19 sashes, some early C20 3-light casements. Right hand gable attic has wooden loading door and hoist arm. Lean-to extension to right hand side. Brick to left hand side inscribed "E DAY 1911" and other bricks "A DAY", "W DAY" and "J DAY". Both ground and 1st floor has cross beams with chamfered or unchamfered floor joists. Open fireplaces. Late C18 6-panelled door. Roof has through purlins with collar beam and diagonal tension braces. Pegged rafters without ridgepiece. Late C16 or early C17 floorboards and 3 plank door with wooden hatch and pintle hinges.
Listing NGR: TQ7592143106
Dendrochronology dating of the eastern wing ('The Granary') gave a date of 1590. (2)
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 36, Pg. 75 (Website). SKE17391.
Sources and further reading
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| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 36, Pg. 75. |
