Wealden Hall House adj Crowbridge Cottage, Romden Road, Smarden, Kent:: OS grid TQ8942 :: Geograph British Isles

TQ8942 : Wealden Hall House adj Crowbridge Cottage, Romden Road, Smarden, Kent

near to Maltman's Hill, Kent, Great Britain

Wealden Hall House adj Crowbridge Cottage, Romden Road, Smarden, Kent

Strangely the group of buildings are not shown on Ordnance Survey maps. Even more bizarrely the building does not appear to be listed.

Wealden Hall Houses

Wealden Hall Houses were timber framed farmhouses built by wealthy Yeoman farmers from the late 1300's to the mid 1500's (late Mediaeval to Tudor times). Originating in the South East, in the Weald of Kent and Sussex, they spread to other Southern counties around England. They remain most prevalent in the South East, particularly in the area surrounding Maidstone. The buildings can be identified by their distinct front jettied first floor end bays. …read more here Link

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Grid Square: TQ8942, 6 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Oast House Archive (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 21 January, 2009 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 21 January, 2009
Keywords: wealden, hall house, timber framed, half timbered, mediaeval, tudor, house, hipped, bracing, jettied; half timbered
Category: Wealden hall house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: TQ 8998 4244 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:8.9810N 0:42.8967E
Photographer Location: OSGB36: TQ 8996 4246
View Direction: East-southeast (about 112 degrees)