The Little Gem Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Tonbridge and Malling local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 August 1959. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
The Little Gem Public House
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-merlon-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 August 1959
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Little Gem Public House, High Street, Aylesford, ME20 7AX
- OS grid reference
- TQ 730 589
- Coordinates
- 51.30349, 0.48079
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Little Gem Public House is a building that originally served as a house with a cottage on the left, now functioning as offices and a public house. The structure dates from the 15th century on the right side and the 17th century on the left, with 18th and 19th century elevations. It features a timber-framed and rendered exterior, some of which is incised, and has a plain tiled roof that steps down to the left in the center.
On the right side, there is a two-storey gabled dormer with casement windows and an off-ridge end stack. The central section includes a hipped projecting cross-wing with a large gable on the right, adorned with 19th century barge-boards, a pendant, and a finial, which occupies most of the depth of the cross-wing. A smaller gable with similar 19th century features is located in the left-hand re-entrant angle of the cross-wing. The left side of the building has two storeys, while the cross-wing also has two storeys, and the right side is one storey with attics.
The first floor on the left features one glazing bar sash window, with a tripartite glazing bar sash window below it. In the re-entrant angle of the cross-wing, there is another glazing bar sash window on the first floor, with a casement window below. The end of the cross-wing has a two-storey octagonal bay topped with a steep octagonally-hipped roof. The ground floor of the right-hand block has a 20th century bowed shop front, a half-glazed door to the left of the canted bay on the cross-wing, and a 20th century boarded door to the right of the right-hand bow window. Inside, substantial timber framing is visible.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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