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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NW 168 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | TILDEN, Headcorn |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1599. Farmhouse - C15/16th
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8361 4537 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NW |
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| Parish: | HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1045860: TILDEN |
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Full description
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Description from record TQ 84 NW 24 :
(TQ 83614538) Tilden (NAT) (1) Tilden farmhouse is a timber framed and close studded building with plaster infilling, of two storeys with a tiled roof. The first floor oversails and the south wall has been refaced in brick and painted. (2) Tilden. Farmhouse. Grade II. 15th or early 16th century, with 16th century alterations. Wealden type of four-timber framed bays, converted to lobby entry plan with continuous jetty. (3)(4)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEADCORN ULCOMBE ROAD TQ 84 NW (East side)
5/106 Tilden 26.4.68
GV II
Farmhouse. C15 or early C16, with C16 alterations. Timber framed with plaster infilling. Right gable end painted brick. Plain tile roof. Wealden of 4 timber-framed bays, converted to lobby entry plan with continuous jetty. 2 storeys and garret. Continuous jetty on solid brackets, returned to left on moulded dragon post. Close studded. Remains of moulded fillet half way up first floor. Steeply-pitched roof hipped to left, half-hipped to right. Central brick ridge stack. Irregular fenestration of 4 widely-spaced windows; 2 small single-light casements, one 2-light casement, one 8-light mullioned and transomed window breaking through eaves, with eyebrow dormer over and one 3-light wooden mullioned frieze window with subsidiary mullions. Ribbed door beneath stack. Interior: not inspected but said to contain moulded crown post and Warham arms in stained glass.
Listing NGR: TQ8361145374 (5)
<1> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.
<2> MHLG 2153/11/A Hollingbourn Kent 1960 43 (OS Card Reference). SKE47085.
<3> DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 21.11.86 52 (OS Card Reference). SKE40871.
<4> Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 321 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38144.
<5> 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 1971. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: MHLG 2153/11/A Hollingbourn Kent 1960 43. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 21.11.86 52. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 321 (J Newman). |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27388 Listed building, ] |
