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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 94 SW 12 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | The Old House |
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Summary
The Old House (formerly listed as Bullrush Cottage). 15th century timber-framed building with plaster infilling. The first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves between overhang on curved braces and a bracket. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Two storeys. Four casement windows.
Summary from record TQ 94 SW 43:
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499
| Grid Reference: | TQ 90681 41448 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ94SW |
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| Parish: | BETHERSDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TIMBER FRAMED HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TQ 90674144) The Old House (NAT) (1)
5272 BETHERSDEN WISSENDEN The Old House (formerly listed as Bullrush Cottage) TQ 94 SW 14/40 14.2.67 II* 2. C15 timber-framed building with plaster infilling. The first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves between overhang on curved braces and a bracket. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Two storeys. Four casement windows. (2)
Formerly TQ 94 SW 30
The Old House, not mentioned in Buildings of England. (3)
Description from record TQ 94 SW 43:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 BETHERSDEN WISSENDEN The Old House (formerly listed as Bullrush Cottage) TQ 94 SW 14/40 14.2.67 II* 2. C15 timber-framed building with plaster infilling. The first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves between overhang on curved braces and a bracket. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Two storeys. Four casement windows. Listing NGR: TQ9068141448 (4)
Historic England archive material: BF088502 THE OLD HOUSE 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.
<1> OS 1:2500 1974 (OS Card Reference). SKE48216.
<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 33 (OS Card Reference). SKE39828.
<3> Newman, J., 1980, Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald, Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman)4 (Monograph). SKE7817.
<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 1:2500 1974. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 33. |
| <3> | Monograph: Newman, J.. 1980. Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald. Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman)4. |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #34087 Listed Building, ] |
