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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 74 NE 32
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:BARDINGLEY FARMHOUSE

Summary

Bardingley Farmhouse : listed building Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1250 to 1999 House of two medieval phases the earlier of which is the partial remains of a late 13th century aisled hall with passing braces; the later is a 15th century rebuilding of ancillary accomodation.


Grid Reference:TQ 7992 4552
Map Sheet:TQ74NE
Parish:SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1250 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1060900: BARDINGLEY FARMHOUSE; Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Triangular medieval - post-medieval moated farmhouse site at Bardingley

Full description

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Description from record TQ 74 NE 120:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SUTTON VALENCE BABYLON LANE TQ 84 NW (south side) 4/108 Bardingley Farmhouse 26.4.68 GV II
Farmhouse. C14 or earlier core, with later alterations, restored in later C20. Timber framed with rendered infilling and plain tile roof. 4 timber-framed bays with fifth added to right. Probably fragment of aisled hall. 2 storeys on rendered plinth. Exposed principal posts and midrail and some exposed studding. Hipped roof. Multiple brick ridge stack towards centre. Irregular fenestration of 7 windows; five C20 casements, and one 4-light diamond mullion window either side of stack. Boarded door in left gable end. Interior: exposed framing. Fragment of central truss with passing braces and arch-braced rear arcade plate. Crown-post truss towards left end. Moated site.
Listing NGR: TQ7992845529 (1)

Historic England archive material (3)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

<3> Historic England, Archive material associated with Bardingley Farmhouse, Sutton Valence, Listed Building (Archive). SKE56325.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
<3>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Bardingley Farmhouse, Sutton Valence, Listed Building.

Related records

TQ 74 NE 14Parent of: Triangular moat, rems of, Bardingley, (Monument)