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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SE 14 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Biddenden Green Farmhouse |
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Summary
C15th timber-framed house Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499
| Grid Reference: | TQ 88781 42867 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SE |
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| Parish: | SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TQ 88784280) Biddenden Green Farmhouse (NAT) (1) 5272 SMARDEN LEWD LANE Biddenden Green Farmhouse TQ 8842 29/35 14.2.67. II* 2. C15 timber-framed and close-studded building with plaster infilling. the first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets, the north one with a curved brace. The eaves of the centre portion overhang on bracekets. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof with pentice at north end. Casement windows with diamond-shaped leaded panes. Four-centred wooded doorway, set in an C18 moulded architrave surround, with heavy flat hood over on brackets. (2) Not mentioned in Buildings of England. (3)
Description from record TQ 84 SE 153:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 SMARDEN LEWD LANE Biddenden Green Farmhouse TQ 8842 29/35 14.2.67.
II*
2. C15 timber-framed and close-studded building with plaster infilling. The first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joints and brackets, the north one with a curved brace. The eaves of the centre portion overhang on bracekets. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof with pentice at north end. Casement windows with diamond-shaped leaded panes. Four-centred wooden doorway, set in an C18 moulded architrave surround, with heavy flat hood over on brackets. Listing NGR: TQ8878142867 (4)
Archive material (5)
House of two surviving medieval phases the earlier of is the upper and lower end 2-bay crosswings both originally jettied at the front and external side. The later is a formerly open hall. (6)
<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.
<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 215 (OS Card Reference). SKE39823.
<3> Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent & the Weald (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37702.
<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with Biddenden Green Farmhouse, Listed building (Archive). SKE54214.
<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: OS 1:2500 1971. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 215. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent & the Weald (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27819 Listed building, ] |
| <5> | Archive: Historic England. Archive material associated with Biddenden Green Farmhouse, Listed building. |
| <6> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |
