50-52, ROMNEY ROAD

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1389133
Date first listed:: 24-Jan-2001
List Entry Name:: 50-52, ROMNEY ROAD
Statutory Address:: 50-52, ROMNEY ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1389133
Date first listed:: 24-Jan-2001
List Entry Name:: 50-52, ROMNEY ROAD
Statutory Address 1:: 50-52, ROMNEY ROAD

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: 50-52, ROMNEY ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Kent
District:: Ashford (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: TR0238142217

Details

TR 04 SW 750/3/10026 24-JAN-01

ROMNEY ROAD Willesborough 50-52

II

House, formerly subdivided but originally in one ownership. Late mediaeval former open hall-house, probably of C15 date with late C16 or early C17 inserted chimneystack and ceiling to open hall, with ground floor underbuilt in brick in the C18 and refenestrated and extended by one bay to the north and leanto to the south in late C20. Timberframed building , first floor tile-hung and ground floor painted brick. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with off central brick chimneystack. Two storeys: four windows. Original plan form was two bay open hall with jettied solar end to south and probably service bay to north which has been rebuilt. Some wooden casement windows of traditional type, some late C20 top opening casements. Large C20 porch with tiled gabled hood. INTERIOR: Ground floor has moulded dais beam and several panels of the dais partition remaining to former open hall. This room has a late C16 or early C17 open fireplace with wooden bressumer and inserted ceiling to former open hall with two inch chamfered spine beam with lambs tongue stops and similar floor joists. South bay (formerly solar) has massive beams of square section and end jetty on plain curved brackets, originally external but now behind late C20 lean-to. First floor has jowled corner posts and curved tension braces. Centre of former open hall has fine chamfered tie beam with lambs tongue stop and jowled upright post with runout stop. Octagonal crownpost with four head braces. Similar examples in Kent which have been dendro-dated are of the 1460s. Most original rafters appear to survive. South end has some C18 roof timbers. HISTORY: At one time called Charity Farm and it was used as a Meeting House.

Listing NGR: TR0238142217

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The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 486727
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.