Bletchingly Farmhouse

STAPLEHURST PRISTLING LANE TQ 74 SE (South side)

3/166 Bletchingly Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. C16 or early C17, with early-to-mid C19 facade and with alterations of c.1911. Facade red brick in Flemish bond. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys, on chamfered brick plinth. Gabled. Projecting brick stack to left gable end. Late C16 or early C17 red and grey brick stack in English bond projecting from right side of rear left wing towards junction with main range; 3 star-shaped brick flues set on broad shouldered and moulded brick plinth. Tall brick stack to right of centre. Regular 4-window front of recessed 12-pane sashes with cambered heads. One similar sash to left end of ground floor, and 2 tripartite sashes, also with cambered heads. Single-storey brick porch of c.1911 under stack, beneath second window from right, with plain parapet with moulded painted coping, and with clasping pilasters with ball finials rising just above parapet. Panelled door with cambered head, flanked by 2 paned lights. Short rear return wing to left, extended in c.1911. Short gabled rear wing to right, of c.1911. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7708541622