Description

GOUDHURST BEDGEBURY ROAD
TQ 73 NW (west side)

5/93 Pattyndenne Manor and
rear courtyard
9.6.52
GV II*
House. Late C15, altered and extended mid C16. Timber framed and exposed
close-studding with plaster infill on red brick base, return and rear elevations
part tile hung and red brick. Plain tiled roof. Wealden hall house plan of 4
framed bays. Two storeys on plinth, the end left and right bays jettied on
moulded dragon posts and returned to left and to right returns, and both with
moulded bressummer. Recessed cenral bays with eaves carried on arched braces and
central brackets. Hipped roof with gablets and stacks to centre right, to rear
left and projecting and offset at end left and at end right. Three 3-light
leaded wooden casements and 2-light mullioned window set at floor level to centre
right on first floor, and 3-light and 5-light mullioned and transomed casements on
ground floor, with 3-light canted oriel on coved base with moulded brackets to
right. Wave moulded plank and stud door (C16) to centre right in four centred
arched doorway with indented spandrels and moulded surround at head of flight of 5
steps. Lower single storey wing to rear right, with brick crabs and outhouse
enclosing small rear courtyard. Interior: high quality constructional and
moulded details: tall octagonal corwn post with moulded capital and base on
massive tie-beam with roll-moulded knee brace, otherwise simple crown-post trusses
to smoke-blackened roof. Cross-passage with two 4-centred arched service doors.
Heavily moulded ceiling joists and principal fireplace bressummer (stack inserted
in hall rather than cross-passage), with extensive plank and muntin panelling.
Built early C15 for Pattenden family, altered mid C16 for Sir Maurice Berkeley,
Standard Bearer to Henry VIII, Edward VI and Elizabeth I. See Archaeologia
Cantiana, vol 29, p.190.

Listing NGR: TQ7199436585

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Pattyndenne Manor at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q7148740

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Recommended Books

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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas