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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 75 NW 226
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:132 THE ROCKS ROAD

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1532


Grid Reference:TQ 70472 56650
Map Sheet:TQ75NW
Parish:EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • SITE (Medieval - 1500 AD to 1532 AD) + Sci.Date
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1070509: 132 THE ROCKS ROAD

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD CP THE ROCKS ROAD TQ 7056 (south side) 15/186 17.6.77 No 132
- II
House, formerly hall house. Early C16. Rendered on timber frame. Steep plain tiled roof, hipped with gablet to right. 2 storeys; irregular fenestration of 5 windows. Central door with flat projecting hood. Interior: timber-framed smoke bay with later brick chimney inserted in it. Staircase with solid treads, probably C17. Original roof with side purlins and straight wind braces.
Listing NGR: TQ7047256650

Dendrochronology dating (of the roof?) gave a date of 1507/8. (2)


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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 21, Pg. 41 (Website). SKE17391.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
---Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 21, Pg. 41.