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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 SE 12
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:The Thatched House

Summary

C15th half-timbered hall-house

Summary from record TQ 84 SE 238:

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499

Grid Reference:TQ 87822 42092
Map Sheet:TQ84SE
Parish:SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • SITE (Medieval - 1400 AD to 1499 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1106331: THE THATCHED HOUSE

Full description

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(TQ 87824209) The Thatched House (NAT) (1) The Thatched House (formerly listed as Bridge House) 15th c 2 bay hall-house. Grade II* (see list for further details) (2) Thatched House, large and early half-timbered. End- jettied and widely spaced uprights with a two-centred doorway of two giant baulks. (3)
Formerly TQ 84 SE 19

Description from record TQ 84 SE 238:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 SMARDEN CAGE LANE The Thatched House (formerly listed as Bridge House) TQ 8742 23/100 14.2.67. II* 2. C15 2 bay hall-house. Timber-framed with plaster infillimg and curved brace on the first floor. Two storeys. Hipped thatched roof. Four casement windows with diamond-shaped or small square leaded panes. A well restored example of a late mediaeval hall-house.
Listing NGR: TQ8782242092


<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 213 (OS Card Reference). SKE39822.

<3> Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent & the Weald 533 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37714.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1971.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 213.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent & the Weald 533 (J Newman).