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Monument details

Summary

Early to mid 15th century. 16th century alterations Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1699

Monument Types

• FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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(TQ 8331 4928) Parsonage Farm [NAT] (1) East Sutton Road (W side). Parsonage Farmhouse. Grade II*. Early to mid C15 with later C16 alterations. Wealden of 4 timber-framed bays, with later C16 or C17 two-storey, single-bay wing to rear to left. (For full description see list). (2)

Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1426-1461. (3)

Description from record TQ 84 NW 174:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST SUTTON EAST SUTTON ROAD TQ 84 NW (west side) Parsonage 5/75 Farmhouse 26.4.68 GV II*
Farmhouse. Early to mid C15 with later C16 alterations. Timber framed, rendered, except ground floor of right end bay which clad with painted brick. Rear wall of left wing red brick in English bond with moulded stone plinth which continues round part of left gable end of main range. Right wall of wing tile-hung. Plain tile roof. Wealden of 4 timber-framed bays, with later C16 or C17 two-storey, single- bay wing to rear to left. 2 storeys on stone plinth. Left end bay jettied, jetty formerly returning on moulded dragon post but now underbuilt. Right end bay formerly jettied to front and side; jetty and dragon post visible inside. Arch- braced flying wall-plate. Bracket under central tie-beam. Hipped roof with gablets. Multiple brick ridge stack in front slope of roof to left end of hall. Projecting chequered brick stack to right gable end. Irregular fenestration of 3 casements; one 3-light to each end bay, and one 4-light to top of 2-storey rectangular bay to right of stack. Panelled door to right end of hall. Interior: doorway to each end of hall with moulded jambs, 4-centred arched head and hollow spandrels. Heavily braced end-of-hall crown- posts. Moulded crown-post on cambered moulded tie-beam to hall. Braced cross tie-beams to each end bay with moulded crown-post to right (and possibly to left) . Moulded beams to inserted hall floor. Moulded 4-centred arched doorway with carved spandrels, also later C16, to passage to rear of stack. 4-centred arched fireplace to left end room. Listing NGR: TQ8331049290 (4)

Archive material (5)

<1> OS 1:2500 1970 (OS Card Reference). SKE48212.

<2> DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 18.12.85 50 (OS Card Reference). SKE40864.

<3> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 21, Pg. 41 (Website). SKE17391.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with Parsonage Farmhouse, East Sutton, Listed building (Archive). SKE54209.

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