Farm Building To East Of Pevington Farmhouse

This is an 18th-century farm building, likely originally a stable, situated to the east of Pevington Farmhouse. It appears to incorporate older masonry, potentially from the medieval period, possibly salvaged from a former church.

The building is constructed of coursed Kentish ragstone with red brick dressings, and sections of brickwork to the south wall, with a hipped tiled roof. It is a long, narrow, single-storeyed structure, possibly built in two phases and oriented east to west.

The west side features a plank door accessed by three steps. The north side has no windows, while the south side has a blocked cambered headed opening and a smaller opening at the eastern end. A projecting section of red brick on a ragstone base is located at the western end of the south side.

The roof is also in two phases. The eastern section has an early to mid-18th-century roof with staggered purlins. The western section has a late-18th-century roof constructed with thinner timber, including collar beams and dragon ties.

Pevington Farm was part of an ancient manor, formerly a separate parish from Pluckley. The manor was granted to Bishop Odo of Bayeux after the Norman Conquest and is recorded in the Domesday Book. Following the union of the ecclesiastical parish with Pluckley in 1583, the church, dedicated to St Mary, was converted into a stable by 1798, as recorded by Edward Hasted. The farm itself has been part of the Dering estate since 1612. The building is depicted on the 1871 Ordnance Survey map, showing a wall dividing it into two sections.

The building is designated for its significance as an 18th-century farm building, possibly incorporating masonry from a ruined medieval church, the two-phase roof structure, and its contribution to the historic farm group setting, which includes other listed buildings.