Nos 1, 2 and 3 the Crown and Carriage Entrance to South
NOS 1, 2 AND 3 THE CROWN AND CARRIAGE ENTRANCE TO SOUTH, 1, 2 AND 3, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372026
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 1, 2 and 3 the Crown and Carriage Entrance to South
- Statutory Address:
- NOS 1, 2 AND 3 THE CROWN AND CARRIAGE ENTRANCE TO SOUTH, 1, 2 AND 3, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1372026
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 25-Mar-1987
- List Entry Name:
- Nos 1, 2 and 3 the Crown and Carriage Entrance to South
- Statutory Address 1:
- NOS 1, 2 AND 3 THE CROWN AND CARRIAGE ENTRANCE TO SOUTH, 1, 2 AND 3, HIGH 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:
- NOS 1, 2 AND 3 THE CROWN AND CARRIAGE ENTRANCE TO SOUTH, 1, 2 AND 3, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Staplehurst
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 78600 43072
Details
STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET TQ 7843 (East side)
5/126 Nos. 1, 2 and 3 The Crown and 23.5.67 carriage entrance to south (formerly listed as Crown Cottages)
GV II
House row, possibly formerly an inn. Mid C16, restored early C20. Timber framed with rendered infilling. Plain tile roof. Approximately 8 timber-framed bays; including 2 stack bays. 2 storeys and cellars. Brick plinth, with stone base to left end. Close-studded. Continuous jetty on moulded bressumer, with moulded solid-spandrel brackets. Mid- height rail to first floor, interrupted by principal posts and by studs flanking windows. Roof half-hipped to left with gablet; to right, hipped with gablet down to lower ridge over right end of main range and over carriage entrance. Brick ridge stacks to second and sixth timber- framed bays from left, with rear brick stack between them and another to right end. Irregular fenestration of 6 leaded 3-light wood mullion casements. 3 ribbed doors with 4-centred-arched heads; one to left stack bay, one towards right end of fourth timber-framed bay from left, and one to right of seventh bay from left, each up a flight of stone steps and with small grilled judas. Arch-braced carriage entrance to right end. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ7856543164
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 174592
- 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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