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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 SE 149
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:TOLHURST FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1540 A four-bay open-hall house, jettied to either end. Probably built in the first half of the C15 with alterations during the C16


Grid Reference:TQ 5895e 1429e
Map Sheet:TQ51SE
Parish:SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1107930: TOLHURST FARMHOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 SMARDEN PLUCKLEY ROAD Tolhurst Farmhouse TQ 8942 29/41 II 2. A timber-framed building, probably a late mediaeval hall-house refaced with weatherboarding, the first floor of the west front oversailing on brackets. Hipped tiled roof with alternate diagonal stripes of red and brown tiles. Massive C17 brick chimney stack, smoke louvres and one hipped dormer. Two casement windows.
Listing NGR: TQ8945542928 (1)

Description from record TQ 84 SE 20 :
A four-bay open-hall house, jettied to either end. Probably built in the first half of the C15 with alterations during the C16

House of two medieval phases the earlier of which is a mid 15th century lower end bay jettied at the end and the later is a formerly open 2-bay hall range of 1450-1480 and upper end. The latter is jettied at the end. There is a post medieval extension to the rear of the lower end bay (2)

Historic England archive material (3)


<1> Historic England, Archive material associated with Tolhurst Farmhouse, Smarden, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55713.

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

<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Tolhurst Farmhouse, Smarden, Listed Building.
<2>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.
<3>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21981 Listed building, ]