Description

TQ65NE
1156-0/1/132
01/08/52

WEST MALLING
ST LEONARDS STREET
Chestnuts
(Formerly Listed as:
ST LEONARD'S STREET
Chestnut House)

GV
II

House, formerly 2 cottages. Probable C16 3-bay lobby entrance
house restored C20. Timber-framed building, the left part
close-studded on ragstone plinth. Tiled roof. Gable has
4-light mullioned window. 1st floor has two 2-light mullioned
windows and ground floor has large window flanked by 2 small
mullioned windows. Right-hand part close-studded with two
2-storey gabled bays. 2 brick chimneystacks including external
brick-chimneystack to right-hand side. Rear wing of 1930s.
Interior has Dining Room with chamfered axial beam with lamb's
tongue stop. Open fireplace with chamfered beam and C16
brickwork. Service end has open fireplace and 3-plank doors.
1st floor has jowled posts. Some original mullioned windows
survive on 1st floor. Queen post roof with through purlins and
collar beam. Some curved braces. No ridgepiece. 1930s butler's
pantry.

Listing NGR: TQ6758456912

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504194

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Recommended Books

• 
  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy