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Hartnup House

A Grade II* Listed Building in Smarden, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1494 / 51°8'57"N

Longitude: 0.6855 / 0°41'7"E

OS Eastings: 587923

OS Northings: 142335

OS Grid: TQ879423

Mapcode National: GBR QV4.S5P

Mapcode Global: VHJN2.TCSP

Plus Code: 9F324MXP+Q6

Entry Name: Hartnup House

Listing Date: 17 September 1952

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1366291

English Heritage Legacy ID: 181281

ID on this website: 101366291

Location: Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27

County: Kent

District: Ashford

Civil Parish: Smarden

Built-Up Area: Smarden

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


1.
5272 SMARDEN WATER LANE
Hartnup House
TQ 8742 23/16 17.9.52.

II*

2.
L-shaped timber-framed building. The north-west wing is probably C15. It
has plaster infilling colour-washed. The ground floor is close-studded. The
first floor oversails on both fronts on the protruding ends of the floor joists
and brackets. Dragon beam with moulded post. Hipped tiled roof. Casement
windows with small square leaded panes. Two storeys and attics. Three windows
and 2 hipped dormers facing north-west, one window and one hipped dormer facing
north-east. The south-east wing was added by Matthew Hartnup in 1671. This
has red brick infilling and one bay window of 5 lights on the ground and first
floors, with a gable oversailing on a bessummer, carved with the figures of
2 hippototami and between these the words, "Matthew Hartnup" and containing
an attic window with the date 1671 over it. The south-east window bay of
this wing has been refaced in red brick and grey headers. Two windows. Doorcase
with single petalled roses of York and Lancaster. The courtyard to Hartnup
House is paved with Bethersden marble.


Listing NGR: TQ8792342335

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