Description

STAPLEHURST HIGH STREET
TQ 74 SE (East side)

3/120 Nos. 1, 2 and
3 (formerly
23.5.67 listed as No 2 Church
Cottages)

GV II

House or special-purpose building, formerly house and shops, now house
row. Early C17 or earlier, with late C18 or early C19 facade, and
later alterations. Timber framed. Ground floor red brick in
stretcher bond to left, red and grey brick in English bond to centre.
Ground floor of right gable end partly rendered, partly painted brick,
with central stud. First floor weatherboarded to front, tile-hung to
right gable end. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys and garret. Roughly-
coursed sandstone plinth to right gable end. Underbuilt jetty to
centre and left. Jetty to right end, returning along right gable
and to rear on plain dragon posts. Roof half-hipped to right.
Multiple filleted rear brick stack towards left end. Irregular
fenestration of 3 windows; two 3-light casements and one 16-pane
sash. Rectangular bay window on brick base under jetty to right end.
3 panelled doors; to No. 3 to left end, to No. 2 up 2 steps to right
of centre, and to No. 1 up 3 steps towards right end. Rear lean-to.
Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7856543164

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26313891

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Recommended Books

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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings