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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 74 NE 36 |
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Type of record: | Listed Building |
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Name: | Brigadoon, Staplehurst |
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Summary
Brigadoon Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1832
Grid Reference: | TQ 7850 4528 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ74NE |
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Parish: | STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1470 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1060731: BRIGADOON |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 74 NE 77:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
In the entry for
STAPLEHURST MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 74 NE (East side)
2/151 Brigadoon (formerly 23-5-67 listed as Sweetlands)
The address shall be amended to read
TQ 74 NE STAPLEHURST MAIDSTONE ROAD (East side)
2/151 Brigadoon (formerly 23-5-67 listed as Andreds House)
STAPLEHURST MAIDSTONE ROAD TQ 74 NE (East side)
2/151 Brigadoon (formerly listed 23.5.67 as Sweetlands Corner)
II
House. C16, built in 2 storeys. Late C18 or early C19 facade. Timber framed. Ground floor weatherboarded, first floor tile-hung with diagonal stripes of darker and lighter tiles. Plain tile roof. 2 parallel, storeyed, timber-framed ranges, of similar date, each built at right-angles to road, linked by narrow stack bay. Left (north) range 3 timber-framed bays, right (south) range 2 timber-framed bays. Stack bay flush with west ends of the 2 ranges, and with rear (east) gable end of south range. West (front) elevation: 2 storeys on rendered plinth. Right (south) range jettied to front, jetty returning along right side on plain dragon post, and extending across stack bay to left. Jetty with slightly higher bressumer to left (north) range. Roof of left range gabled to front, hipped to rear, with slightly higher eaves and lower ridge than infill section. Roof of right range hipped to front and rear with eaves level continued across infill section. Roof of infill section higher to left of stack than to right. Filleted red and grey brick stack towards centre, in narrow gap between ranges. Irregular fenestration of two 2-light casements, one to each range. Ribbed door under stack. Interior: exposed framing. Evidence for stair position in north-east corner of right (south) range. Gunstock-jowled posts to first floor of same range, with short braces to tie-beams. Plain crown-post with foot braces to left range. Shutter grooves throughout house. Combed plaster to first floor of left range.
Listing NGR: TQ7845145154 (1)
Timber framed two-bay, two-storey wing jettied at the front and external side. There was a former open hall which was demolished in the mid 16th century and replaced with a 3-bay wing. (2)
Historic England archive material: BF040426 BRIGADOON, STAPLEHURST File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/668 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Brigadoon, Staplehurst
<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.
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. |