Chequer Tree Farm

GOUDHURST MILE LANE TQ 73 NW (north side) 5/226 Chequer Tree Farm 20.6.67 II House. C15, altered C16 to C17 and restored late C20. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill. Plain tiled roof. Wealden hall house with exten- sive rear wings. Two storeys on stone plinth to right, with continuous jetting, that to the originally fully recessed central hall bays at higher level, the eaves carried on arched braces, now incorporated into the walling. Hipped roof with large gablets and stack to centre right. Four leaded wooden casements on 1st floor, the central 2 with mullions and transoms, and 3 on ground floor, that to centre left with mullions and transoms. Plank and stud door to centre right with restored arched doorway made of 2 derns. The roof pitch to end right is steeper with larger gablet than to left with lower 2 storey framed wing to rear. Interior: framing and roof structure confirms that the end right bay has been altered (probably C16 up to the new wing). Crown post roof, the central hall post octagonal and moulded with capital and base. Transverse crown post to upper end chamber, rebuilt roof to lower (ie right end) chamber. Large ingle- nook fireplaces to hall stud and to rear wing, and stone lined cellar.

Listing NGR: TQ7408937752