Providence House and The Pent House
Providence House and The Pent House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1119650
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- Statutory Address:
- Providence House and The Pent House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1119650
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Oct-1980
- Statutory Address 1:
- Providence House and The Pent House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Providence House and The Pent House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Ashford (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Smarden
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 88025 42310
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 1 September 2023 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ 8842
29/8
SMARDEN
THE STREET (south side)
Providence House and The Pent House
(formerly listed as Shop premises occupied by A T Palmer, Antiques, and the Pent House, previously listed as Penthouse, The Bakery and Province House under High Street)
14.2.67.
GV
II
Probably C15 double L-shaped timber-framed building, with plaster infilling and some close-studding. The whole of the ground floor rebuilt in brick, now painted, the first floor of the north wing weatherboarded. Hipped tiled roof. Casement windows. The first floor of the north wing is built out over the passage into the churchyard on uprights. Two storeys. Five windows facing east, two windows facing north.
Listing NGR: TQ8802042307
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 181257
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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