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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 75 NW 226 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | 132 THE ROCKS ROAD |
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Summary
The medieval part of this building survives as 5 bays but the west wall does not appear to have been external indicating that a further structure lay to the west. The plan does not conform to that of a medieval or even 16th century house and it is suggested that the building had a non domestic purpose, possibly connected with the cloth industry.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 70472 56649 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ75NW |
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| Parish: | EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (Medieval - 1497 AD to 1518 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1070509: 132 THE ROCKS ROAD |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
EAST MALLING AND LARKFIELD CP THE ROCKS ROAD TQ 7056 (south side) 15/186 17.6.77 No 132
- II
House, formerly hall house. Early C16. Rendered on timber frame. Steep plain tiled roof, hipped with gablet to right. 2 storeys; irregular fenestration of 5 windows. Central door with flat projecting hood. Interior: timber-framed smoke bay with later brick chimney inserted in it. Staircase with solid treads, probably C17. Original roof with side purlins and straight wind braces.
Listing NGR: TQ7047256650
Dendrochronology dating (of the roof?) gave a date of 1507/8. (2)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 21, Pg. 41 (Website). SKE17391.
<3> 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> | Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 21, Pg. 41. |
| <3> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |
