Description

BENENDEN
TQ83SW STANDEN STREET
1350-0/3/102 (East side)
09/06/52 Old Standen
II*
House. Late C15 open hall-house with crosswing to right hand
side, late C16 chimney and C18 extension and refronting to
left hand side with C20 gable and fenestration. Timber-framed
building with only the brackets exposed to the front
elevation, but exposed close-studding to rear and jettied
overhang to cross wing. Ground floor to front red brick in
Flemish bond, 1st floor plastered but cross wing to right
faced in brick to ground floor and weatherboarded above and
left side painted brick to ground floor and tile hung above.
Steeply pitched old tiled roof with brick chimneystack. 2
storeys and attics 4 windows. C20 casements. C20 dormer with
gabled projection. C20 gabled porch. Interior has roll moulded
and crenellated dais beam and open fireplaces with wooden
bressumer. 2 3-centred arched doorways to cross wing with
floriate carved spandrels, 1st floor has jowled posts and
elaborate crown posts with most unusual rose carving to 4 head
braces and octagonal crownpost to cross wing. Rear wing has
early C17 bressumer.

Listing NGR: TQ8100530517

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17547709

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Recommended Books

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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)