Link to printer-friendly page

It should not be assumed that this site is publicly accessible and it may be on private property. Do not trespass.

Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 NW 36
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton

Summary

Divers Farmhouse : listed building Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1832


Grid Reference:TQ 8347 4863
Map Sheet:TQ84NW
Parish:EAST SUTTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1344270: DIVERS FARMHOUSE

Full description

If you do not understand anything on this page please contact us.

Listed building : no additional information available

Description from record TQ 84 NW 153:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST SUTTON EAST SUTTON ROAD TQ 84 NW (east side) 5/72 Divers Farmhouse 26.4.68 GV II
Farmhouse, formerly cottages, now farmhouse. C15 with late C16/early C17 and late C18/early C19 alterations. Timber framed. Front elevation clad with red brick with occasional grey headers in Flemish bond. First floor of central recess tile-hung. Stone ground floor to left gable end. Wealden of 2 almost equal-length hall bays and storeyed bay to each end. 2 storeys and attics. Right and left end bays project slightly. Roof hipped with gablets to left and three-quarters hipped to right. Dormer to left hip and to front. Brick stack in front slope of roof to right end of left bay of hall. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements; one 3-light to each outer bay and to right hall bay and one 2-light over door. Ground-floor windows of outer bays have segmental heads. Ribbed door to left end of left hall bay. Interior: exposed framing. Moulded end-of-hall beams. Moulded beams to inserted floor. 4-centred arched fireplace with long spears to spandrels. Ovolo-moulded mullion windows with diamond subsidiary mullions. Moulded crown post.
Listing NGR: TQ8348048630 (1)

Historic England archive material: (2)

Wealden house with formerly open 2-bay hall. The lower end appears to have had a normal plan. Both floors at the ends were heightened in the post medieval period. (3)


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

<2> Historic England, Archive material associated with Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55823.

<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #14354 Listed building, ]
<2>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Divers Farmhouse, East Sutton, Listed Building.
<3>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.