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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 86 SE 180
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:YEW TREE COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1699. Formerly Vinson's Farmhouse (14th c, later additions)


Grid Reference:TQ 86862 62154
Map Sheet:TQ86SE
Parish:BORDEN, SWALE, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1300 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1343887: YEW TREE COTTAGE

Full description

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Description from record TQ 86 SE 37:
[TQ 86856215] Vinson Farm (NAT) (1) Yew Tree Cottage (Formerly listed as Vinson's Farmhouse), Oad Street, Borden. Grade II*. Aisled hall house. C14 with C16 - C17 additions.(2) [For full description see list]. Yew Tree Cottage, Oad Street, Borden. 14th century timber-framed building with one aisle, behind a 16th and 17th century brick range. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 86 SE BORDEN OAD STREET (north side)
5/44 Yew Tree Cottage (formerly listed as 24.1.67 Vinson's Farmhouse)
II*
Aisled hall house. C14 with C16 - 17 additions. Road front: chequered red and blue brick with flint to right and plain tiled roof. Two storeys on brick and flint plinth, with hipped roof and stacks to left, offset stack projecting to right. Irregular fenestration of 1 blocked brick mullion, 2 sash and 1 wood casement on first floor, and 5 wood.casements on ground floor with half-glazed door left, and 2 storey gabled porch to right, jettied with carved brackets, and 4 panelled door. Right return frontL:C14 semi-aisled hall. Timber framed and clad with painted brick and plain tiled roof. One storey and catslide roof with 1 gabled dormer, stack end right. Two wood casements and central board door. Listing NGR: TQ8809362887 (4)


<1> OS 1:10000 1979 (OS Card Reference). SKE48165.

<2> DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent 27 Nov 1984 13 (OS Card Reference). SKE41182.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 149 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37801.

<4> 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 1979.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Swale Boro Kent 27 Nov 1984 13.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng NE and E Kent 1983 149 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34008 Listed building, ]