Parsonage House, West End House and Parsonage Cottage.
Parsonage House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362689
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Parsonage House, West End House and Parsonage Cottage.
- Statutory Address:
- Parsonage House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362689
- Date first listed:
- 14-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Oct-1980
- List Entry Name:
- Parsonage House, West End House and Parsonage Cottage.
- Statutory Address 1:
- Parsonage House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
- Statutory Address 2:
- West End House and Parsonage Cottage, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QB
- Statutory Address 3:
- West End House and Parsonage Cottage, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QB
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:
- Parsonage House, The Street, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QA
- Statutory Address:
- West End House and Parsonage Cottage, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QB
- Statutory Address:
- West End House and Parsonage Cottage, Water Lane, Smarden, Ashford, TN27 8QB
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 88017 42325
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 31 August 2023 to update the name and address and to reformat the text to current standards
TQ 8842 2
9/2
SMARDEN
THE STREET (north side)
Parsonage House and WATER LANE West End House and Parsonage Cottage
(formerly listed as Parsonage House and Browns Stores, THE STREET, previously listed as West End House under High Street)
14.2.67.
GV
II
The shop portion facing the street is C19, red brick and grey headers, having a gable with fretted bargeboards. The house behind it facing the churchyard is an L-shaped timber framed, probably C15, building with some plaster and some painted brick infilling and some close-studding. Gable at the south end of the west front containing an attic window. The eaves of the south front overhang widely on the longitudinal beam and brackets. Tiled roof. Some original mullioned windows and some casement windows. C19 porch to south front. Two storeys. Three windows facing west, two windows facing south. The courtyard to the south is paved with Bethersden Marble.
Listing NGR: TQ8802142326
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 181258
- 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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