Description

STAPLEHURST THORN ROAD
TQ 74 SE (North-West side)

3/173 Great Pagehurst
Place (formerly
25.7.52 listed as Great
Pagehurst)

GV II

Farmhouse. Early C17, with C19 and C20 alterations. Timber framed.
Ground floor red and grey brick in Flemish bond, first floor tile-hung.
Plain tile roof. 2 storeys, on low stone plinth. Hipped roof, left
hip returning with slightly higher ridge. Prominent C17 brick ridge
stack to left of centre, with 4 octagonal brick flues with moulded
capitals and bases, grouped round central diamond-shaped shaft and
set on moulded brick plinth. Irregular fenestration of six 2-pane
sashes grouped 2:1:2:1. Panelled door with 2 top lights and flat
corniced hood, under stack. Rear return wing to left in same materials,
with ridge stack towards rear and with 2 first-floor sashes. Further
rear wing parallel to main range, infilling angle between main range and
return wing, and probably of similar date, but with higher eaves and
ridge; terminates behind main-range stack, with jettied gable.
Interior not inspected. (See drawings of c.1867 in K. Gravett, Timber
and Brick Building in Kent, 1971).

Listing NGR: TQ7710343431

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26628116

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)