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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 SE 184
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Apple Tree Cottage, The Street, Borden

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1899. This pair of cottages was recorded in a Parlimentary report (1777) as the parish workhouse, for 8 people.

Grid Reference:TQ 88254 62915
Map Sheet:TQ86SE
Parish:BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1899 AD)
  • (Former Type) WORKHOUSE (Post Medieval - 1750 AD to 1835 AD (at some time))
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1343889: APPLE TREE COTTAGE AND THE COTTAGE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN THE STREET (south side)
5/33 Apple Tree Cottage 24.1.67 and The Cottage
GV II
Cottage pair. C17 and C19. Timber framed and exposed with red brick infill and underbuilt with red brick, with plain tiled roof. Three framed bays. Two storeys on plinth, the upper storey with exposed panel frame, timbers of small scantling and wavy braces, and herring bone brick noggins. Hipped roof with stacks to end left and centre right. Three wood casements to each floor, that to left in C19 extension. Board door centre-left. Once the Parish Workhouse.
Listing NGR: TQ8822562864

This pair of cottages was recorded in a Parlimentary report (1777) as the parish workhouse, for 8 people.


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

Kent Workhouses


© 2017 Kent Workhouses, 2018, Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses (Website). SKE51755.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
---Website: Kent Workhouses  © 2017 Kent Workhouses. 2018. Kent Workhouses & Poorhouses.