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Monument details

Summary

Late medieval timber-framed building with painted brick infilling, the 1st floor tile hung and partly oversailing on brackets. Two storeys. Gable at the south-west end of the north front. Hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. Tunnel vaulted medieval undercroft built by William Horne. In 1366 Archbishop Simon Langham granted a licence to William Horne to hold divine service in his oratory. The chapel which he built for the purpose stands behind the farmhouse in the south-east corne (TQ 93 SE 4)r. The farmhouse was attacked by Wat Tyler in 1381 and the chapel robbed

Summary from record TQ 93 SE 68:

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1367 to 1750

Monument Types

• FARMHOUSE (FARMHOUSE, Medieval to Modern - 1276 AD? to 2050 AD)
• UNDERCROFT (UNDERCROFT, Medieval to Modern - 1276 AD? to 2050 AD)
• BUILDING (Medieval to Modern - 1367 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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(TQ 95743086) Hornes Place (NAT) (1)

5272 APPLEDORE KENARDINGTON ROAD Horne's Place (formerly listed as Horne Place Farmhouse) TQ 93 SE 10/31 4.6.52. II* 2. Late mediaeval timber-framed building with painted brick infilling, the 1st floor tile hung and partly oversailing on brackets. Two storeys. Gable at the south-west end of the north front. Hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. Tunnel vaulted mediaeval undercroft built by William Horne. In 1366 Archbishop Simon Langham granted a licence to William Horne to hold divine service in his oratory. The chapel which he built for the purpose stands behind the farmhouse in the south-east corne (TQ 93 SE 4)r. The farmhouse was attacked by Wat Tyler in 1381 and the chapel robbed. (2)

Horne's Place, Appledore, a fine farmhouse obviously enclosing a medieval timber-framed house. The domestic chapel is an exquisite little building, short and high, 22 ft long and 23 ft high, of well squared ragstone blocks. The south and west walls are rebuilt more roughly incorporating plenty of small yellow bricks. Tunnel-vaulted undercroft, its vault turned entirely of these bricks. (3)

Description from record TQ 93 SE 68:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:

In the entry for:-
TQ 93 SE APPLEDORE KENARDINGTON ROAD
10/31 Horne's Place 4.6.52 II*
the description shall be amended to read:
House with private chapel. Late C14 chapel, reroofed c1520 linked to house to the north east of which are 2 late C15 or early C16 finely decorated solar bays,though its hall and service bays were completely rebuilt in the C17 and linked to the chapel by a contemporary or slightly later wing. Chapel of Kentish ragstone, rubble with tiled roof. House timberframed with brick infill, some tile hanging to 1st floor and tiled roof with 3 tall brick chimneystacks. Chapel west front has double cinquefoil window and blocked 4-centred arch. Ground floor has cambered entrance. South front has ogee opening with window of 3 cinquefoil-headed lights. Hagioscope. East window traceried with triple cinquefoil. North front has similar window. Main or north west front of house has gable to right hand side which is the end of the c1500 solar wing. 1st floor tile hung with 4 C19 casements. Ground floor is partly underbuilt and is supported on 3 carved brackets. Projecting doorcase with 6 panelled door and rectangular fanlight. Exposed mainly C17 frame to ground floor. Left side return has hipped roof with end external chimneystack and catslide roof. Link block to chapel has C17 box frame exposed with plaster infill. This wing terminates in a tile-hung gable. Right side of solar wing tile hung with 2 3-light windows. Rear of solar wing has hipped roof, one 3-light casement to 1st floor and plank doorcase in moulded architraves to ground floor. Chapel has barrel-vaulted undercroft and c1520 roof of 4 heavily moulded arch braces rising from corbels. The principal feature of the house is the very elaborate 2-bay solar wing built between 1480 and 1520 with one room on each floor. 1st floor chamber was jettied to the north and has a very elaborate crown post moulded in 4 sections with roll moulding supported on a roll-moulded and crenellated tie beam. The rafter couples are linked by collars which are braced with soulaces. Every fifth rafter couple has a carved cross. Ground floor of solar wing has roll moulded beams of c1500 and C17 brick fireplace with wooden bressummer. In the late C16 or early C17 the medieval open hall was replaced by the present hall range of continuous jetty form which originally had a lobby entry. The roof is of side purlins type and the ground floor ceiling of the hall contains the reused side purlins from the medieval solar room together with contemporary chamfered spine beam with lambs tongue stops. Large open fireplace with wooden bressummer. North western ground floor room has dragon beam. Some C19 iron firegrates and 2 panelled doors. Horne's Place was the seat of the Horne family since 1276 when Edward I gave land to Matthew de Horne. During Wat Tyler's rebellion of 1381 the property was entered and £10 worth of goods stolen, but this must relate to an earlier building on the site. [See RCHM Report 1989 Wealden Buildings Study group report of 1982 Archaeologia Cantiana 14 1882 p363 "Chapel at Hornes Place Appledore" by W A Scott Robertson]
APPLEDORE KENARDINGTON ROAD 1. 5272 Horne's Place (formerly listed as Horne Place Farmhouse) TQ 93 SE 10/31 4.6.52.
II*
2. Late mediaeval timber-framed building with painted brick infilling, the lst floor tile hung and partly oversailing on brackets. Two storeys. Gable at the south-west end of the north front. Hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. Tunnel vaulted mediaeval undercroft built by William Horne. In 1366 Archbishop Simon Langham granted a licence to William Horne to hold divine service in his oratory. The chapel which he built for the purpose stands behind the farmhouse in the south-east corner. The farmhouse was attacked by Wat Tyler in 1381.
Listing NGR: TQ9574530870 (4)

Historic England archive material (5)

A large manorial complex of many phases including much that is post medieval. The surviving medieval parts comprise two ranges, a chapel and a solar wing. The chapel was built on an undercroft sometime between 1366 and 1400 and was probably originally adjoined by further ranges on both sides. In a later phase (1510-30) many substantial alterations to the chapel were carried out using brick and stone. The roof was replaced at that time. The solar wing (1480-1520) is a 2-bay 2-storey structure with a single room on both levels. The present hall range is of 17th century date and and there have been many other post medieval alterations and additions.

Listed Building. House with a private chapel. There are two late late 15th or early 16th century finely decorated solar bays, though its hall and service bays were completely rebuilt in the 17th century and linked to the chapel by a contemporary or slightly later wing. The house is timber framed with brick infill, some tile hanging to 1st floor and tiled roof with 3 tall brick chimneystacks. The main or north-west front of thehouse has a gable to the right hand side which is the end of the circa 1500 solar wing. The 1st floor is tile hung with 4 19th century casements. The ground floor is partly underbuilt and is supported on 3 carved brackets. The left side return has hipped roof with end external chimneystack and catslide roof. The link block to the chapel has a 17th century box frame exposed with plaster infill. This wing terminates in a tile-hung gable. The rear of solar wing has a hipped roof. The principal feature of the house is the very elaborate 2-bay solar wing built between 1480 and 1520 with one room on each floor. The1st floor chamber was jettied to the north and has a very elaborate crown post. In the late 16th or early 17th century the medieval open hall was replaced by the present hall range of continuous jetty form which originally had a lobby entry. Horne's Place was the seat of the Horne family since 1276 when Edward I gave land to Matthew de Horne. During Wat Tyler's rebellion of 1381 the property was entered and £10 worth of goods stolen, but this must relate to an earlier building on the site. (6)

<1> OS 1:10000 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48166.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Ashford, Kent Aug 1979 3 (OS Card Reference). SKE40203.

<3> Newman, J., 1980, Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 131 (J Newman) (Monograph). SKE7817.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> Historic England, Archive material associated with Horne's Place, Appledore, Listed Building (Archive). SKE55771.

<6> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.

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