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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 SE 115
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:THE BROTHERS HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1540


Grid Reference:TQ 8814 4238
Map Sheet:TQ84SE
Parish:SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1450 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1362690: THE BROTHERS HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 SMARDEN THE STREET (north side) The Brothers House (formerly listed as The Brothers under High Street TQ 8842 29/6 14.2.67.
II GV
2. Probably a late mediaeval timber-framed building, refaced with red brick on the ground floor and weatherboarding above. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Two doorcases with joint flat hood over and doors of 6 fielded panels. Two storeys, 3 windows.
Listing NGR: TQ8814342390
Formerly TQ 84 SE 28 (1)

Timber framed 2-bay 2-storey cross wing formerly jettied along the external side and possibly the front. In the mid 16th century two open bays were added at the rear probably forming a kitchen. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040471 THE BROTHERS HOUSE, SMARDEN 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. RCH01/048/01/615 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of the Brothers House, Smarden


<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.