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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1799 Timber-framed, originally aisled hall dating from the first half of the 14th century, which was substantially rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century. Further alterations occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Summary from record TQ 75 NE 90 :

(14th c + later) farmhouse

Monument Types

• HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• AISLED HALL HOUSE (AISLED HALL, Medieval - 1300 AD to 1359 AD)
• HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1300 AD to 2050 AD)
• HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)
• HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1759 AD)
• HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 75 NE BOXLEY THE STREET (east side)
5/83 Parsonage Farm 20.10.52 (formerly listed as Parsonage House) G.V. II*
House. Early C14, with C15, C16 and C18 additions. South range ragstone, with left gable (east) rendered above tie-beam and right gable tile-hung above tie-beam. Plain tile roof. East range timber framed on galletted flint plinth, ground floor covered with C18 brick, first floor rendered. L-plan: south range at right- angles to street and east range runing north from it. Set back in own grounds. South range possibly not originally domestic. South end of east range aisled. North elevation of south range: 2 storeys. Left section early C14 with large projecting stone stack to rear. No windows (to front). 2-centred arched door on first floor at right end of section reached by external steps parallel to building. Door with shouldered head on ground floor in angle with east range. Right section C15. 2 first-floor windows; one 2-light Perpendicular window towards left end and one single oblong light with chamfered architrave towards right. Door with chamfered, arched head on ground floor between them. West elevation of east range: C14 or C15 with C16 and C18 additions and alterations. 2 storeys. Right of range roofed over whole span, left with 2 parallel roofs of unequal width and at lower pitch than that to right. Stack in rear slope of roof, off-centre to right. Irregular fenestration of 5 C19 and C20 leaded casements; one of 3 lights towards the left end, one of 2 lights not far to right of it, a central 2-storey C19 canted bay of 3 lights on each floor, one 2-light leaded casement to right of it and another of 3 lights at right end. Door forming lobby entry to right of canted bay. Doorcase of fluted Ionic pilasters truncated at base with ill-fitting triangular pediment above, all inserted in C20. Blocked C19 door to left of canted bay. Interior: South range has moulded crown-post, large first-floor fireplace with moulded cambered arch, and perpendicular 2-light first floor window in east gable. East range has some exposed beams and posts, moulded door-posts on first floor to west of stack and early C18 panelled corniced room with corner fireplace and windows with thick glazing bars, on ground floor to east of stack. Listing NGR: TQ7738858895 (1)

Description from record TQ 75 NE 176 :
Timber-framed, originally aisled hall dating from the first half of the 14th century, which was substantially rebuilt in the late 16th or early 17th century. Further alterations occurred in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Description from record TQ 75 NE 90 :
(TQ 77395890) Parsonage Farm (NAT) (2) Parsonage Farm (formerly listed as Parsonage House), The Street, grade II*. Early 14th c, with 15th, 16th and 18th c additions. (3) Additional bibliography. (4) HE Archive material: BF090912 PARSONAGE FARM, THE STREET, BOXLEY

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> OS 1:2500 1966 (OS Card Reference). SKE48208.

<3> DOE(HHR)Dist of Maidstone Kent July 1984 44 (OS Card Reference). SKE41334.

<4> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 154-5 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37802.

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