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Avicia Cottage

A Grade II Listed Building in West Malling, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.295 / 51°17'42"N

Longitude: 0.4084 / 0°24'30"E

OS Eastings: 568012

OS Northings: 157854

OS Grid: TQ680578

Mapcode National: GBR NPC.N33

Mapcode Global: VHJM5.1Q83

Plus Code: 9F327CW5+29

Entry Name: Avicia Cottage

Listing Date: 30 November 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1218719

English Heritage Legacy ID: 392420

ID on this website: 101218719

Location: West Malling, Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, ME19

County: Kent

District: Tonbridge and Malling

Civil Parish: West Malling

Built-Up Area: West Malling

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: West Malling St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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Description


WEST MALLING

TQ6857 KING STREET
1156-0/3/108 No.36
Avicia Cottage

GV II

Cottage. Late medieval, refronted and underbuilt in early C19
and refenestrated in C20. Timber-framed building the exterior
roughcast with old tiled roof. Passageway clad in
weatherboarding. 2 storeys 3 windows. 1st floor has 3 C20
casements, some with leaded lights. Ground floor has 3 C20
casements. Doorcase with flat hood and brackets and plank
door. Plinth. Rear elevation has projecting gable with exposed
tension braces. Mullioned window and early C19 fixed casement.

Interior reported to have fine moulded crownpost with beam
moulding. An unusual plate beam fronts the road (covered
externally) showing concave moulding and decoration over 2ft
in width. The solar supporting beam internally shows
castellated and decorative mouldings. The inglenook fireplace,
9ft in width, is flanked by stone mouldings, possibly
ecclesiastical in origin. The inglenook comprised of ashlar
and 2in bricks is probably early C16, inserted during the
Tudor modernization when the ceilings were inserted. Original
well at rear.
(Crozier P: Survey of buildings in West Malling: ITEM 16).


Listing NGR: TQ6800957856

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