Calico House is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. House. 8 related planning applications.
Calico House
- WRENN ID
- rusted-footing-coral
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Calico House is a house dating from the 16th and 18th centuries, mentioned as "new" in the will of Stephen Hulkes in 1617. It features a timber frame that is underbuilt with red brick, showcasing exposed close studding with plaster infill and painted plastering. The roof is plain tiled and hipped, with gablets and stacks that project to the right end and forward to the centre right.
The house has two storeys, with the upper floor adorned with calico-coloured paintings of scrolled floral designs emerging from vases, arranged in three panels across the front and one panel on the right return, dated 1710. The first floor has four metal casements, while the ground floor has three casements and a door with eight ribbed panels set in a moulded four-centred arched surround within a gabled porch. The interior features a turned baluster screen, a partial survival of a screens passage with a chamfered arched service door, and a newel staircase.
There are rib and stud doors in moulded surrounds, wainscotting in the parlour with a moulded wooden mantel beam, and two stone mantel and chimney pieces. The downstairs mantel is supported by balustrade pilasters and features three panels separated by terms, with a cornice decorated with animals and flowers and the initials S.H. The upstairs mantel has a similar arrangement but features semi-circular heads to the panels and lacks a carved cornice. Additionally, there is fragmentary wall painting that imitates wainscot and depicts religious scenes. The house has a crown post roof.
Calico House may have served as a public house in 1710 and later became the Parsonage.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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