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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 85 SE 281
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:GREENWAY FORSTAL FARMHOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1632 Farmhouse, late 16th century

Grid Reference:TQ 85131 53415
Map Sheet:TQ85SE
Parish:HARRIETSHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1567 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1299691: GREENWAY FORSTAL FARMHOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TQ 85 SE 49 :
[TQ 8513 5341] Greenway Forstal [NAT] (1) Greenway Forstal Farmhouse (formerly listed as Greenway Forstal), Grade II*. Farmhouse. Late 16th century or early 17th century. Timber framed with plaster infilling and plain tile roof. (2) As described a well preserved timber framed house. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HARRIETSHAM GREENWAY FORSTAL TQ 85 SE 4/47 Greenway Forstal Farmhouse (formerly 26.4.68. listed as Greenway Forstal)
GV II* Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17. Timber-framed with plaster infilling and plain tile roof. Approximately 4 timber-framed bays, with lobby entry 3rd bay from right. 2 storeys and attics on plinth, with continuous jetty. Left bay on ground floor close studded, rest broadly-spaced studding with tension braces. Steeply pitched roof, hipped to right. Attic jettied to left on moulded brackets, half-hipped above. Corbelled red brick ridge stack in 3rd bay from right,and small mid C19 chequered red and grey brick stack projecting to right end. One rear dormer. Irregular fenestration of 4 casements. 2-storey close-studded porch-cum- stair turret beneath stack with coved jettied gable on carved brackets with moulded bargeboards and pendant. Boarded door to right side of gable end of porch, probably original, in moulded architrave. Later rendered rear lean-to to right. Interior not inspected. Listing NGR: TQ8513253415 (5)


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Maidstone Kent 14 Dec 1984 23 (OS Card Reference). SKE39861.

<3> F1 MJF 19-Mar-86 (OS Card Reference). SKE43031.

<4> Field report for monument TQ 85 SE 23 - March, 1986 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4466.

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

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1971.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Maidstone Kent 14 Dec 1984 23.
<3>OS Card Reference: F1 MJF 19-Mar-86.
<4>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 85 SE 23 - March, 1986.
<5>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #28815 listed building, ]