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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NE 351
Type of record:Monument
Name:Former site of barn 25 yards east of Church Farmhouse

Summary

Former site of a Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1599. A barn once stood 25 yards [ 23 metres] east of Church Farmhouse in Offham. It was of 16th century weatherboarded construction on a plinth which was part rubble and part concrete. It had a hipped, thatched roof. There was a wagon entrance to the east and a hipped, projecting wagon entrance to the west. Inside there were 5 bays under a collar-purlin roof and 4 crown posts. It was demolished in the gales of 1990.

Grid Reference:TQ 66027 58028
Map Sheet:TQ65NE
Parish:OFFHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • BARN (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 1999 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 65 NE OFFHAM C.P. CHURCH ROAD 6/2 (west side)
Barn 25 yards east of Church Farmhouse GV II*
Barn. C16. Weatherboarded on plinth, part rubble, part concrete. Hipped thatched roof. Wagon entrance to east, hipped projecting wagon entrance to west. 5 bays with collar-purlin roof and 4 crown-posts. Listing NGR: TQ6598357335 (1)

Description from record TQ 65 NE 37:
(TQ 66025803 - sited HHR map) TQ 65 NE OFFHAM C.P. CHURCH ROAD (west side) 6/2 Barn 25 yards east of Church Farmhouse GV II* Barn. C16. Weatherboarded on plinth, part rubble, part concrete. Hipped thatched roof. Wagon entrance to east, hipped projecting wagon entrance to west. 5 bays with collar-purlin roof and 4 crown-posts. (2) Not mentioned in The Buildings of Englnd. (3) Demolished in the gales of January 1990. (4)


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

<2> DOE (HHR) Tonbridge & Malling Dist Kent May 1974 4 (OS Card Reference). SKE40649.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37841.

<4> Inf. from Kent SMR 28 Jun 1994 (OS Card Reference). SKE44378.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36344 Barn, ]
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Tonbridge & Malling Dist Kent May 1974 4.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 (J Newman).
<4>OS Card Reference: Inf. from Kent SMR 28 Jun 1994.