Approximate Location Map
Large Map »
Latitude: 51.1185 / 51°7'6"N
Longitude: 0.1842 / 0°11'3"E
OS Eastings: 552966
OS Northings: 137734
OS Grid: TQ529377
Mapcode National: GBR MPV.Z7X
Mapcode Global: VHHQK.44QX
Plus Code: 9F32459M+9M
Entry Name: 7, Bird-In-Hand Street
Listing Date: 20 October 1954
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1067573
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438597
ID on this website: 101067573
Location: Groombridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Speldhurst
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Speldhurst St Mary the Virgin
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Building
TQ 53 37 SPELDHURST BIRD-IN-HAND STREET, OLD
GROOMBRIDGE
16/454 No 7
20.10.54
GV II*
Small house. Probably C18, maybe earlier origins, little C19 and C20
modernisation. Weatherboarded timber frame on coursed sandstone footings;
brick stack (maybe on a sandstone base) and brick chimneyshaft; peg-tile roof.
Plan: House faces north east onto the street, it has a narrow site and 2-room
plan gable-end onto the street. Larger front room with large lateral stack on
the left side shared with No 6 (q.v.) adjoining that side.
2 storeys.with attics in the roofspace.
Exterior: Single window each floor. Ground and first floor windows are C20
casements with rectangular panes of leaded glass and the attic has a probably
original 2-light casement containing diamond panes of old leaded glass (some
tinged green). Front doorway to right contains a C19 plank door under a
shallow flat hood on shaped timber brackets. Roof is tall and steeply
pitched.
Interior: Only the ground floor was available for inspection at the time of
this survey. Front room axial beam is chamfered with runout stops but the
fireplace is blocked by a C20 grate. Rear room has plain axial joists. Some
of the wall framing is exposed and is built of timbers of relatively slender
scantling with straight braces.
No 7 may originally have been built with No 6 (q.v.) adjoining. It is one of
a superlative group of listed buildings associated with Groombridge Place
(q.v.) which make up Old Groombridge village.
Listing NGR: TQ5296637734
External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.
Other nearby listed buildings
