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Monument details

HER Number:TR 25 NW 411
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:ELBRIDGE FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499 Elbridge Farmhouse (15th c)


Grid Reference:TR 20319 59591
Map Sheet:TR25NW
Parish:LITTLEBOURNE, CANTERBURY, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1372874: ELBRIDGE FARMHOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TR 25 NW 39:
(TR 2031 5959) Elbridge Farm [NAT] (1) Elbridge Farm, Littlebourne. Grade II*. C15 timber-framed and close- studded hall-house of Wealden plan with plaster infilling. Two storeys. The first floor of the end window bays oversails on the protruding ends of the floor joists. The centre portion has projectingcoved eaves supported on curved braces. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. Three casement windows. Later tiled gabled porch to right end bay. A good example of a Wealden Hall-House. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 LITTLEBOURNE
Elbridge Farmhouse TR 25 NW 10/495 29.9.52
II* GV
2. C15 timber-framed and close-studded hall-house of Wealden plan with plaster infilling. Two storeys. The first floor of the end window bays oversails on the protruding ends of the floor joists. The centre portion has projecting coved eaves supported on curved braces. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. Three casement windows. Later tiled gabled porch to right end bay. A good example of a Wealden Hall-House.
Listing NGR: TR2031159594 (4)


<1> OS 1:2500 1962 (OS Card Reference). SKE48204.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 139 (OS Card Reference). SKE40905.

<3> BOE NE and E Kent 1983 373 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38243.

<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 1:2500 1962.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 139.
<3>OS Card Reference: BOE NE and E Kent 1983 373 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #24729 Listed Building, ]