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Monument details

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499. A 15th century Hall-House.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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Description from record TQ 65 SE 29 :
(TQ 69245352) Pelican Farm (NAT) (1) TQ 65 SE WATERINGBURY RED HILL (east side) 2/108 Pelican Farmhouse 1.8.52 II* Hall-house. C15, later much altered. Timber framed, now mostly hidden by over-laid incised plaster, except for the occasional bracket. Steep plain tiled roof with central stack and gable to south end. South return front with brick chimney breast, weather-boarded and jettied. Overhang to left of facaded with canted bay windows beneath. Canted bay in centre of facade. 2 storeys, irregular 3 window facade. C19 casements on ground-floor, tripartite sashes above. 2 early C19 doors, that to the right in fluted, pilastered doorcase with panelled entablature. Extension to rear of building including 1-storey wing, possibly part of an oast-house originally. Red brick. Contains very large fireplace. Interior: some early C17 panelling, a doorcase and a volute bracket in hall. Roof with extremely elaborate carved crown post and 2 king-posts. (2) Pelican Farm not mentioned in The Buildings of England. (3) photographs (4)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 65 SE WATERINGBURY RED HILL (east side)
2/108 Pelican Farmhouse 1.8.52
- II*
Hall-house.C15. later much altered. Timber framed, now mostly hidden by over- laid incised plaster, except for the occasional bracket. Steep plain tiled roof with central stack and gable to south end. South return front with brick chimney breast, weather-boarded and jettied. Overhang to left of facaded with canted bay windows beneath. Canted bay in centre of facade. 2 storeys, irregular 3 window facade. C19 casements on ground-floor, tripartite sashes above. 2 early C19 doors, that to the right in fluted, pilastered doorcase with panelled entablature. Extension to rear of building including 1-storey wing, possibly part of an oast-house originally. Red brick. Contains very large fireplace. Interior: Some early C17 panelling, a doorcase and a volute bracket in hall. Roof with extremely elaborate carved crown post and 2 king- posts.
Listing NGR: TQ6925053485 (5)

PELICAN FARM, WATERINGBURY FROM WEST SOUTH WEST. (Photograph). SKE1448.

<1> OS 1:2500 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48223.

<2> DOE(HHR)Boro of Tonbridge and Malling Kent April 1985 68 (OS Card Reference). SKE41238.

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

<5> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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