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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 SE 4 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | West Hoy Farmhouse |
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Summary
C15th timber-framed house Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1499
| Grid Reference: | TQ 86084 42329 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84SE |
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| Parish: | SMARDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FARMHOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TQ 860422) West Hoy Farm (NAT) (1) West Hoy farmhouse is a 15th century, timber framed, close studded building with plaster infilling. It is of two storeys and has a steeply pitched hipped tiled roof. The first floor oversails and there is an 18th century doorway.(2) 5272 SMARDEN SHENLEY FARM ROAD West Hoy Farmhouse (formerly listed as Westhoy) TQ 8642 23/61 14.2.67. II* 2. C15 Wealden house. Two storeys close-studded with plaster infilling, the first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves of the centre portion between are coved and overhang on brackets and a curved brace at the west end. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. C18 doorcase with flat hood over and low rectangular fanlight. At the west end of the ground floor is a window opening with a wooden grille.(3) Westhoy Farm a small but unrestored Wealden House, with closely set timbers exposed and painted black. (4)
Description from record TQ 84 SE 139:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 SMARDEN SHENLEY FARM ROAD West Hoy Farmhouse (formerly listed as Westhoy) TQ 8642 23/61
II*
2. C15 Wealden house. Two storeys close-studded with plaster infilling, the first floor of the end window bays oversailing on the protruding ends of the floor joists and brackets. The eaves of the centre portion between are coved and overhang on brackets and a curved brace at the west end. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Four casement windows. C18 doorcase with flat hood over and low rectangular fanlight. At the west end of the ground floor is a window opening with a wooden grille. Listing NGR: TQ8608542329 (5)
<1> OS 1:10000 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48157.
<2> DOE (HHR) West Ashford Kent 1960 72 (OS Card Reference). SKE40669.
<3> DOE (HHr) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 227 (OS Card Reference). SKE39824.
<4> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald, 534 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37962.
<5> 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: DOE (HHR) West Ashford Kent 1960 72. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHr) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 227. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald, 534 (J Newman). |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27723 Listed building, ] |
