Description

SO 72 SW TAYNTON KENT'S GREEN

7/247 Taynton Court

II

Farmhouse; probably C17, altered early C19. Roughcast, probably
on stone, tiled roof. L-plan, rear wing probably late addition:
4 windows wide, 2 storeys with attics, one room deep. Entrance
facade, facing away from drive: 20-pane sash on right, flat timber
lintel. To left half-glazed front door, 2 flush panels below, up
one stone step; moulded surround, flat head: lean-to porch on
curved brackets. Nine-pane and 20-pane sashes to left, ground
slopes down beyond. First floor three 9-pane sashes, over door
and adjoining windows. Right return external rendered stack, 2
diamond-set brick flues: small, single-pane segmental-head window
to attic on left. Left return door to cellar below, ventilation
slats in upper half: 16-pane sash in ground floor, cambered head;
3-light mullion and transom with cambered head to first floor, 3-
light casement to attic, half-hip over.
Interior not inspected. Briefly belonged to Benjamin Disraeli by
virtue of his wife (K. & W. Thomas, Our Star of Taynton, 1981.)

Listing NGR: SO7423923075

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26348943

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)