The Homestead

CHATHAM

TQ76SE PRINCES AVENUE, Walderslade 762-1/10/85 (East side) 01/11/73 No.46 The Homestead

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House. Mid C17, altered mid C19. Flint rubble plinth and rendered brick, brick right-hand gable and C20 left-hand lateral stacks, and a tiled roof. PLAN: 2-room plan with heated right-hand hall-kitchen and originally unheated service room to left. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, cellar and attic; 2-window range. Left-of-centre doorway and half-glazed door, blocked right-hand doorway, with a brick band all round partly cut back; timber mullion windows, left-hand ground-floor 2-light and first-floor 3-light, right-hand ground-floor 3-light and first-floor 4-light, mid C19 casements. Right-hand gable has an open-ended lean-to. Central C17 rear stair light with ovolo mouldings. INTERIOR: contains stop chamfered ground-floor lateral and axial beams, a central rear winder stair, to a 3 1/2 bay attic with queen post roof, butt purlins and diagonal wind braces. HISTORY: a substantially complete mid C17 house, with some early use of brick and notable C17 fenestration.

Listing NGR: TQ7610363470