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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 93 SW 114 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | ROBHURST |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1450 to 1599. House 16th C.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 91824 34657 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ93SW |
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| Parish: | WOODCHURCH, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- SITE (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1450 AD to 1599 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1337002: ROBHURST |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 93 SW 5:
(TQ 91963460) Little Robhurst (NAT) (1) 5272 WOODCHURCH SWAIN ROAD Robhurst (formerly listed as Little Robhurst) TQ 93 SW 9/570 16.8.62. II* 2. Timber-framed building, C16 or earlier probably of Wealden type with plaster infilling and curved braces, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick. The first floor of the south-westernmost window bay was probably once jettied but has been underbuilt and is now weatherboarded. The eaves of the remainder of the house overhang with a cove beneath them and are supported on a bracket at the south-west end. Two storeys. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof with pentice at the north-east end. Three casement windows, mostly with small square leaded panes. The interior contains an inglenook fireplace and the remains of the dais beam. (2) Little Robhurst, Woodchurch, an open framed Wealden hall-house, dating from the 14th century the S-brace suggests. It has lost its service end. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WOODCHURCH SWAIN ROAD 1. 5272 Robhurst (formerly listed as Little Robhurst) TQ 93 SW 9/570 16.8.62. II*
2. Timber-framed building, C16 or earlier probably of Wealden type with plaster infilling and curved braces, the ground floor rebuilt in red brick. The first floor of the south-westernmost window bay was probably once jettied but has been underbuilt and is now weatherboarded. The eaves of the remainder of the house overhang with a cove beneath them and are supported on a bracket at the south-west end. Two storeys. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof with pentice at the north-east end. Three casement windows, mostly with small square leaded panes. The interior contains an inglenook fireplace and the remains of the dais bean.
Listing NGR: TQ9180034699 (4)
HE archive material: BF040024 ROBHURST, WOODCHURCH 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.
RCH01/048/01/731 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Robhurst, Woodchurch
<1> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.
<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 168 (OS Card Reference). SKE40186.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 614 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37956.
<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 1979. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford Kent Aug 1979 168. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 614 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22742 Listed Building, ] |
