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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1666 Built circa 1634

Monument Types

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

Full description

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Description from record TQ 74 NW 11:
(TQ 7304 4896) Stonewall Farm [NAT] (1) Stonewall Farmhouse was built circa 1634 on a half H-shaped plan. It consists of a large restored timber-framed and close studded building with plaster infilling of which the ground floor has been rebuilt in red brick and stone rubble. The north gable ends are tile hung and theroof is tiled. There is a modern addition in the south east angle of the half H. (2) East Street. Stonewall Farmhouse, Mounting Block and Garden Wall to East. Grade II*. Farmhouse, now house. C15, early C17, 1634 and mid C17. Timber framed. Mounting block: 4 stone steps against east end of north gable of west range. Garden wall: Runs east for about 23 metres from north gable of east range, then turns south for about 30 metres. (3) Additional bibliography. (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST STREET TQ 74 NW HUNTON (South Side) 4/68 Stonewall Farmhouse Mounting Block, 25.7.52 and Garden Wall to East GV II* Farmhouse, now house. C15, early Cl7, 1634 and mid C17. Timber framed, with exposed framing and daub infilling. Ground floor of north-east section coursed galleted stone. 3 sides of courtyard, north side open. East side (formerly east-facing) comprises C15 open hall of 2 timber- framed bays, with storeyed north end bay rebuilt with east gable in 1634. Storeyed south end bay rebuilt with east gable in early C17, with rear return wing to west of 2] timber-framed bays [forming south side of courtyard). Mid C17 west range of 5 timber-framed bays running north from west gable end of late C16 range. East elevation: 2 storeys and attic on stone plinth. Close-studded, with decorative framing to gables. First floor of north and south end bays jettied to front [east). Eaves of both gable ends jettied to front on differently-moulded tie-beams and shaped brackets. Moulded bargeboards and pendants, that to right dated 1634. Red and grey brick ridge stack to left end of hall, in English bond, with 2 octagonal flues with moulded plinths and cornices and projecting brick knob to each angle of cornices. Corbelled brick stack to right gable end. 3-light casement to each gable, that to left with ovolo-moulded mullions. Irregular fenestration of 3 windows; one deep central 3-light casement to left gable, with 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion frieze windows; one 4-light casement to right hall bay; one 12- light rectangular ovolo-moulded mullioned and transomed oriel window to right end bay, with moulded cill on shaped brackets and with 2-light ovolo-moulded mullion frieze windows. Rectangular 3-light chamfered stone window to ground floor of right end bay. Traces of blocked doorway under stack. South elevation: hung with fishscale tiles. Multiple corbelled brick ridge stack towards west end. One 2-light casement and one horizontally-sliding sash to first floor. Half-glazed door towards east end with floating corniced hood. Tile-hung lean-to towards west end. South gable end of west range projects south of lean- to. West elevation: ground floor red and grey brick in Flemish bond, first floor close-studded with lath and daub infilling and internally- visible arch-braces. 2 storeys and attic, with dropped tie-beam. Panelled brick ridge stack to second bay from south. 2 casements and one ovolo-moulded mullion window. Boarded first-floor door under stack. Boarded ground-floor doors below, with porch, and to fourth bay from south. Use of most of this range probably non-domestic. North elevation: panelled door in porch within re-entrant angle of east and south ranges. Interior: exposed framing. Evidence for crown-post roof to hall. Clasped purlin roof to south range with diminishing principal rafters, windbraces, and intermediate collars. Staggered butt purlin roof to west range with interrupted tie-beams and vertical queen-struts to rafters. Moulded cross-beam to ground floor of hall. Shaped brackets to ground-floor beams of south range. Chamfered stone ground-floor fireplace to west end of south range, occupying full width of room (access to west range via lean-to). 4-centred arched stone fireplace to first floor above, with vase stops, and shields to spandrels. Smaller fireplace to south end of east range, with chamfered stone jambs. Inglenook fireplace to south end of west range. Mounting block: 4 stone steps against east end of north gable of west range. Garden wall: ragstone, about 2 1/2 metres high, with rounded ragstone coping. Runs east for about 23 metres from north gable end of east range, then turns south for about 30 metres. Listing NGR: TQ7291448954 (5)

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

<1> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.

<2> DOE (HHR) Maidstone Kent 1960 25-6 (OS Card Reference). SKE40596.

<3> DOE (HHR) District of Maidstone Kent 26 February 1987 34-35 (OS Card Reference). SKE40511.

<4> Bldgs of Eng-West Kent & the Weald 1980 340 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38146.

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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