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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SW 151 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | GREAT BOWER FARMHOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1899. 15th and 16th century and 19th century wing
| Grid Reference: | TR 6034 1529 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR61NW |
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| Parish: | MOLASH, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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Description from record TR 05 SW 10 :
(TR 03385286) Bower Farm (NAT) (1) TR 05 SW Molash Shottenden Road (east side) 3/39 Great Bower Farmhouse (formerly listed as Bower Farmhouse) 27.11.57. II* Hall house. C15 and C16 and C19 wing. Timber framed on flint plinth, exposed to rear entrance front clad in red brick and tile hung with plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with skylight, hip and gablets and stacks to rear right and centre left. Four C19 sash windows on first floor, 3 on ground floor, and 4 panellled door in sloping porch to right. C19 red brick wing to right. Rear elevation: 2 projecing close-studded timber framed wings, central panel-framed ahll, allexposed with plaster infill. Interior: wooden newel staircase with wall paintings of flowers and costumed figures dated c. 1560, fragments of painting elsewhere on beams and panelling.Fire place of c 11500 with roll moulded jambs and shild and heartleaved tongues in spandrels. Partially exposed carve satyr like figure on otherwise bricked-over mantle in Hall. Crown post roof with tall (3 foot ) octangonal moulded posts. Not mentioned in Buildings of England. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 05 SW MOLASH SHOTTENDEN ROAD (east side)
3/39 Great Bower Farmhouse (formerly listed as 27.11.57 Bower Farmhouse)
II*
Hall house. C15 and C16 and C19 wing. Timber framed on flint plinth, exposed to rear, entrance front clad in red brick and tile hung with plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with skylight, hip and gablets and stacks to rear right and centre left. Four C19 sash windows on first floor, 3 on ground floor, and 4 panelled door in sloping porch to right. C19 red brick wing to right. Rear elevation: 2 projecting close-studded timber framed wings, central panel-framed hall, all exposed with plaster infill. Interior: wooden newel staircase with wall paintings of flowers and costumed figures dated c. 1560, fragments of painting elsewhere on beams and panelling. Fire- place of c 1500 with roll moulded jambs and shield and heart- leaved tongues in spandrels. Partially exposed carved satyr- like figure on otherwise bricked-over mantle in Hall. Crown post roof with tall (3 foot) octagonal moulded posts. Listing NGR: TR0340852939 (4)
<1> OS 1:10000 1975 (OS Card Reference). SKE48160.
<2> DOE(HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Aug 1984 85 (OS Card Reference). SKE40817.
<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37799.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1975. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Aug 1984 85. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21580 Listed Building, ] |
