Description

TQ 63 NE BRENCHLEY CUCKOO LANE (off)

10/67 Little Dunks Farmhouse

GV II

Farmhouse. Mid/late C17 with a circa late C18,addition. Framed construction,
the ground floor underbuilt in Flemish bond brick, the first floor tile-hung
with bands of scalloped tiles; peg-tile roof; end stacks with brick shafts.

Plan: South facing. The original plan was 2-cell, with a larger heated
hall/kitchen to the left (west) heated from the left end stack and a smaller
unheated service room to the right (east), the stair rising against the rear
wall of the service room. The rear (north) outshut may be integral but could
be secondary. In the circa late C18 a third room was added at the right
end,presumably a parlour, heated from an end stack.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 3 window front, the roof gabled at the left
end and half-hipped at the right end. late C19/early C20 front door into the
unheated room with a C20 porch/conservatory. C20 casements in enlarged
embrasures. On the rear elevation the roof is carried down as a catslide over
the outshut which has a large C20 flat-roofed dormer at the east end.

Interior: The framing of the rear wall with jowled wall posts, survives to
sole plate level. The 2 earlier ground floor rooms have exposed ceiling
carpentry, the larger room with a scroll-stopped axial beam. C20 chimenypiece
may conceal an earlier fireplace. The first floor rooms also have exposed
ceiling beams and a number of late C17/early C18 ledged doors survive
throughout the house with original latches and hinges.

Roof: Not inspected but the original timbers are said to survive (information
from owners).

A modestly-scaled traditional house of the region. Group value with oasthouse
immediately to the north east (q.v.).

Listing NGR: TQ6661738715

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541652

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