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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 84 SW 165
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:Kelsham Farmhouse, Headcorn

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1567 to 1930 Farmhouse - late 16th to early 17th century.

Grid Reference:TQ 81450 44385
Map Sheet:TQ84SW
Parish:HEADCORN, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • FARMHOUSE (FARMHOUSE, Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1060838: KELSHAM FARMHOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TQ 84 SW 11 :
(TQ 81444439) Kelsham Farm (NAT) (1) Kelsham farmhouse is a timber framed building with plaster infilling, of two storeys and with a hipped tiled roof. The first floor oversails. (2) Kelsham Farmhouse. Grade II* (formerly listed as Kelsham), Four Oaks Road. Farmhouse. Late 16th or early 17th century with 17th century addition. (3)

Description from record TQ 84 SW 165:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HEADCORN FOUR OAKS ROAD TQ 84 SW (South side) Hawkenbury
7/52 Kelsham Farmhouse (Formerly listed 26.4.68 as Kelsham)
GV II*
Farmhouse. Late C16 or early C17, with C17 addition to left. Timber framed with plaster infilling and plain tile roof. Lobby entry plan of 3 timber- framed bays including stack bay, with 2-bay addition to left. 2 storeys and garret. Right section close-studded, with dropped tie-beam. Broadly-spaced studding to left section. Continuous jetty to right section, on solid brackets, with moulded bressumer. Left section unjettied. Three-quarters hipped roof. Multiple brick ridge stack to centre of right section. Irregular fenestration of 5 casements; one 3-light to each principal bay and one 2-light under stack, Right section formerly had deep central window to each outer bay, flanked by frieze windows under eaves. Mortices on ground floor for rectangular bay window to each outer bay of right section with frieze windows in ground-floor wall. Door of 2 fielded panels with rectangular 3-light fanlight under stack. Open lean-to shelter to right gable end. Rear lean-to to right. Rear wing to left built 1930. Interior: exposed framing. Listing NGR: TQ8145244384 (4)


<1> OS 1:10000 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48157.

<2> MHLG 2153/11/A Hollingbourne RD Kent 1960 41 (OS Card Reference). SKE47087.

<3> DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 21 November 1986 28 (OS Card Reference). SKE40869.

<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 1972.
<2>OS Card Reference: MHLG 2153/11/A Hollingbourne RD Kent 1960 41.
<3>OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Borough of Maidstone Kent 21 November 1986 28.
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27667 Listed building, ]