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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 04 NW 181 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | BUCKWELL FARMHOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1480 to 1799
Summary from record TR 04 NW 57:
Medieval Farmhouse
| Grid Reference: | TR 0433 4827 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR04NW |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1480 AD to 1799 AD)
- FARMHOUSE (FARMHOUSE, Medieval - 1500 AD to 1500 AD)
- FARMHOUSE (FARMHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1699 AD)
- FARMHOUSE (FARMHOUSE, Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)
Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 04 NW BOUGHTON ALUPH CANTERBURY ROAD (east side)
5/8 Buckwell Farmhouse
27.11.57 II
Manor House in moated site. Circa 1500 with C17 and C18 cladding. Timber framed, clad in red brick. Tiled roof. Entrance front: C17 brick facade, English bond 2 storeys, the hipped end of a cross wing to left, and catslide to right covering half a ruined way with portions of lost window openings visible. 2 end stacks. Irregular 3 window front. C20 wood casements, the left hand first floor window a shallow oriel corbelled out in brick. Central door of 6 fielded panels and rectangular fanlight in pedimented porch. North West or road front; C17 English bond red brick, plain tile roof. 2 storeys, a brick plinth with blocked openings to cellar. The hipped roof ridge is higher to left stepped down to right. 2 large front stacks, C18 brickwork, that to right stands proud of the wall surface. Irregular fenestration of 2 windows. C20 wood casement, except lower right which is C18 glazing bar sash, all in C18 segment - headed openings. Interior; Stone cellar; late mediaeval, survives at the junction of the two wings with blocked plain window opening and surviving tunnel, connected with former drawbridge over float, now dry. Living room: exposed solid spandrels to large tie beam, and fireplace of c.1500. Roses and shields carved in spandrels and mantel, jambs moulded to half height, and carved in mantel: "Thomas Moyleys the ryght honor".
Listing NGR: TR0425148266
Description from record TR 04 NW 57:
Medieval Farmhouse
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | --- | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
Related records
| TR 04 NW 142 | Parent of: BARN 30 YARDS EAST OF BUCKWELL (Listed Building) |
| TR 04 NW 11 | Parent of: Homestead moat, Buckwell Farm, Boughton Aluph (Monument) |
