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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 SE 152
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:FILMER HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1699


Grid Reference:TQ 8856 6219
Map Sheet:TQ86SE
Parish:BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1480 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1069386: FILMER HOUSE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN HEART'S DELIGHT (west side)
5/51 Filmer House 27.8.52 (formerly listed as Heart's Delight Farm cottages)
II
House. C15 to C17. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill, underbuilt with red brick to right, with plain tiled roofs. 'L'-shaped of 3 separate builds. Front elevation: 2 storeys on plinth, with continuous jetty, hipped roof with gablets and stacks to centre right, end left and end right. Irregular fenestration of wood casements and board door centre right. The two framed bays to left are close-studded below, with panels and tension bracing over; the bay to right is of a separate build, underbuilt in brick, close studded over. To right rear is a gabled C17 wing with notably higher roof line and some decorative panelling.
Listing NGR: TQ8856062198 (1)

Description from record TQ 86 SE 114: Listed building : no additional information available

Timber framed house with a 2-bay lower end cross wing formerly associated with an open hall (later replaced). The wing was originally jettied at the end and the front. Behind this is another range, a mid 16th century kitchen. The medieval hall was replaced circa 1600 with the existing continuous jetty range. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040273 FILMER HOUSE, BORDEN File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/080 Labelled reconstructed sketch plan of the ground-floor of Filmer House, Borden


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

<2> 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>Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<2>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.