Cloth Hall
CLOTH HALL, NORTH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1344312
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cloth Hall
- Statutory Address:
- CLOTH HALL, NORTH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1344312
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1986
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 21-Oct-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Cloth Hall
- Statutory Address 1:
- CLOTH HALL, NORTH STREET
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:
- CLOTH HALL, NORTH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Headcorn
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 83295 44254
Details
HEADCORN NORTH STREET TQ 8344 (West side)
10/89 Cloth Hall (Formerly listed as Church Walk 20.10.52 Nos. 1-4 and The North Street Bakery)
GV II*
Special purpose building, probably a cloth hall, now shop row and dwelling. Late C15 or early C16 with C17, C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed. Exposed framing with plaster infilling to first floor of front elevation and painted brick infilling to ground floor. Left gable end tile-hung to first floor and attic. Plain tile roof. 7 roughly equal-length timber-framed bays forming 3 intercommunicating rooms on each floor:- one of 3 bays to left end, and two of 2 bays each. 2 storeys and garret. First floor close-studded. First floor of left gable end formerly jettied. Moulded fillet half way up first floor, truncated across right end bay, discontinued across second bay from left and re-appearing at lower level at left end. Similarly discontinuous moulded fillet to base of coving. Moulded shaft between the 2 fillets to left end principal post. Coved, jettied eaves to front elevation and left gable end, with solid- spandrel brackets to apparent tie-beam ends protruding above each principal and intermediate post. Lower eaves plates and "tie-beam" ends to left end bay. Plain dragon-post to corner with solid bracket immediately each side of it. Moulded gable-end eaves bressumer. Hipped roof, with gablet to right. Central brick ridge stack in front slope of roof. Irregular fenestration of 4 leaded casements; one 4-light to third bay from left, one 4-light ogee-moulded mullion window with round-headed lights between fourth and fifth bays, another 4-light window to sixth bay and one single-light to right end bay. Mortices for 4- light oriel window to left gable end. Bowed shop windows in reeded architraves to ground floor. Three C20 half-glazed shop doors. Interior: only partly inspected. Exposed framing. Moulded beams to 3 left ground-floor bays. Plain- chamfered beams to remaining 4 bays. Principal posts of open trusses moulded on both floors, except between 2 right bays. Moulded crown-posts and tie-beams to open trusses, some with carved spandrels. Moulded 4-centred arched doorways with hollow spandrels to ground floor and plain 4-centred arched doorways to first floor. Broad C17 staircase from first floor to attic. Said to be rear stair turret. See also Church Walk Nos 1-4, Munks Cottage and Oak Cottage. [H.S. Cowper, Two Headcorn Cloth Halls, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol. XXXI, 19153.
Listing NGR: TQ8329544254
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 174316
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Archaeologia Cantiana in Archaeologia Cantiana, Vol. 31, (1915)
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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