Bishops Oast
BISHOPS OAST, BISHOPS LANE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249723
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Bishops Oast
- Statutory Address:
- BISHOPS OAST, BISHOPS LANE
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- Date:
- 2002-05-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/07308/25
- Rights:
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1249723
- Date first listed:
- 03-Oct-1977
- List Entry Name:
- Bishops Oast
- Statutory Address 1:
- BISHOPS OAST, BISHOPS LANE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BISHOPS OAST, BISHOPS LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hunton
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 72017 48867
Details
BISHOPS LANE TQ 74 NW HUNTON (South-west Side) 4/62 Bishops Oast 3.10.77. GV II Oast house, now domestic house. Mid C19. Stowage red brick in English bond, with weatherboarding to gable ends, kilns red brick in Flemish bond. Slate roof to stowage, plain tile roofs to kilns. Rectangular stowage at right-angles to road, with 3 circular kilns to each long side, set back from gable ends. Stowage 3 storeys, kilns now 2 storeys. Cogged brick eaves cornice to kilns. Stowage roof hipped to front and rear. Conical roofs to kilns, with cowls. One 2-light casement with segmental head to each floor on each side of stowage, between kilns and front gable end. One 2-light casement per storey towards front of each front kiln. Vertical louvred strip replaces former central loading door to centre of each upper floor of gable end of stowage; former second- floor door flanked by broad 2-light louvres, first floor door by C20 2-light casements. Garage doors to ground floor. Boarded door to each front kiln, in angle with stowage. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7201748867
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 431926
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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