Taynton Court

SO 72 SW TAYNTON KENT'S GREEN

7/247 Taynton Court

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Farmhouse; probably C17, altered early C19. Roughcast, probably on stone, tiled roof. L-plan, rear wing probably late addition: 4 windows wide, 2 storeys with attics, one room deep. Entrance facade, facing away from drive: 20-pane sash on right, flat timber lintel. To left half-glazed front door, 2 flush panels below, up one stone step; moulded surround, flat head: lean-to porch on curved brackets. Nine-pane and 20-pane sashes to left, ground slopes down beyond. First floor three 9-pane sashes, over door and adjoining windows. Right return external rendered stack, 2 diamond-set brick flues: small, single-pane segmental-head window to attic on left. Left return door to cellar below, ventilation slats in upper half: 16-pane sash in ground floor, cambered head; 3-light mullion and transom with cambered head to first floor, 3- light casement to attic, half-hip over. Interior not inspected. Briefly belonged to Benjamin Disraeli by virtue of his wife (K. & W. Thomas, Our Star of Taynton, 1981.)

Listing NGR: SO7423923075