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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NW 29 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Walnut Tree Cottage, East Sutton |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1406 to 1999. Timber framed house with formerly open 2-bay hall. End trusses are fully aisled and there is a crown post roof
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8375 4937 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NW |
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| Parish: | EAST SUTTON, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1333 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1060930: WALNUT TREE COTTAGE |
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Full description
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Walnut Tree Cottage. Grade II* east side of Monny of late 16th/early 17th century and 19th and 20th century addition. Lane. Mid 14th century with later alterations (for full description see list). (1) (TQ 83754938) Walnut Tree Cottage (NAT). (2)
Dendrochronology dating of the hall gave a date range of 1393-1426. (3)
Description from record TQ 84 NW 228:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST SUTTON MORRY LANE TQ 84 NW (east side) 5/87 Walnut Tree Cottage II*
House, formerly 2 cottages, now house. Mid C14, with alterations of late C16/early C17 and C19, and C20 addition. Timber framed. Front elevation clad in C19 with chequered red and grey brick, upper part of right gable end tile-hung. Plain tile roof. 2 timber-framed bays of mid C14 open hall, with late C16/early C17 bay added to left end. 1 storey and attics. Projecting stack to left and gable end stack to right. 3 eaves dormers with lobed bargeboards, that to centre C20. 3 casements with segmental heads, that to centre formerly door. C20 door to left gable end. Two-storey rear wing to left of 1970s, tile- hung on first floor. Interior: Exposed framing. Moulded beam to left end of hall. Hall quasi-aisled, with extended arch brace to cambered central tie-beam, and moulded crown- post. Jowled posts and double-chamfered arcade plate. Arcade plate formerly arch-braced. Late C16/early C17 inserted floor. Highly unusual structure. Listing NGR: TQ8375849381 (4)
Archive material (5)
<1> DOE (HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 18 Dec 1985 57 (OS Card Reference). SKE39917.
<2> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.
<3> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 48 (Website). SKE17391.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with Walnut Street Cottage, East Sutton, Listed building (Archive). SKE54211.
<6> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 18 Dec 1985 57. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1971. |
| <3> | Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 48. |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27661 Listed building, ] |
| <5> | Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Walnut Street Cottage, East Sutton, Listed building. |
| <6> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |
