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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1467 to 1532 Small four bay Wealden house, jettied on the the front and to one side, with a contemporary Oriel window. It is basically a single period building, with a two bay open hall and over hung cross-passage, the chimney and flooring over the hall were added at a later date. The house was probably built circa 1425 and the chimney and flooring inserted circa 1680. The timber framing is infilled with plaster and the roof is of plain tile.

Monument Types

• WEALDEN HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1467 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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(TQ 8328 4793) Luckhurst [NAT] (1) East Sutton Road (E side). Luckhurst (formerly listed as the house north of Brissenden). Grade II*. Farmhouse. Late C15 or early C16. (For full description see list). (2) Additional bibliography. (3)

Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1484-1510. (4)

Description from record TQ 84 NW 192:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST SUTTON EAST SUTTON ROAD TQ 84 NW (east side) 5/73 Luckhurst [formerly listed as the house 26.4.68 north of Brissenden] II*
Farmhouse. Late C15 or early C16. Timber framed with plaster infilling. Plain tile roof. Wealden, with 2 unequal-length hall bays and storeyed bay to right end. Slight evidence for storeyed bay to left, since demolished. 2 storeys on brick plinth. Close studded. Right end bay jettied, jetty returning (but underbuilt) on moulded dragon post. Moulded fillet half way up first floor of right bay. No braces to flying wallplate. Solid bracket under central tie-beam. Hipped roof with gablets. Multiple brick ridge stack in narrow right end bay of hall. Irregular fenestration of 3 windows to each floor. C15 or early C16 two-storey canted bay to right end of left bay of hall, close-studded, on a later brick base, with moulded cill below each window; 4-light C19 casement window below eaves and 3-light ground-floor casement. 3-light ovolo-moulded mullion window to first floor of right hall bay and similar 4-light ground-floor window. 4-light ovolo-moulded mullion window to first floor of right end bay and 7-light casement to ground floor. Broad ribbed door to left end of right end bay in architrave with moulded 4-centred arched head with carved spandrels. Interior: exposed framing. Moulded and brattished end of hall beams and moulded beam to right side of cross-passage. Stairs in front of stack. Moulded crown- post. Listing NGR: TQ8327947936 (5)

Archive material (6)

<1> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.

<2> DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 18.12.85 48 (OS Card Reference). SKE40863.

<3> Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 272 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38142.

<4> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 20, Pg. 42 (Website). SKE17391.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<6> Historic England, Archive material associated with Luckhurst, East Sutton, Listed building (Archive). SKE54208.

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