Yew Tree House, Weavering Street

There's been a long gap in the occasional series on buildings of Bearsted and Maidstone. While out walking today, on the lookout for a blip we went past this place again, for the umpteenth time and I thought it was about time I recorded it in my blips.

This is the information held about this property on Historic England's website:

House. Late C15 or early C16. Timber framed with plaster infilling, some areas completely plastered.

Plain tile roof. Wealden house of 4-timber-framed bays including 2 open hall bays of about equal length. 2 storeys on stone plinth with cellar at right end.

First floor of right and left end bays jettied on brackets. On first floor, left bay of hall has one tension brace either side of a central stud. Widely spaced studs in right bay of hall. Plastered coving from recessed hall to flying wall-plate, which is also braced from the end bays.

Hipped roof with gablet at left end and stack off- centre to left in front slope of roof. Projecting stack at right end. Irregular fenestration of one 2-light sliding casement in left bay, one 3-light sliding casement in right bay of hall, and one 2-light ordinary casement in right bay. Arched door head at left end of left hall bay. C20 plank door.

So there you have it. Spent over 3 hours in a meeting at the primary school where I'm a governor, partipating the the Local Authority termly review of progress. Interesting stuff but far too long for a meeting to go on. The evening was better though as we went to Wetherspoons for their Curry Club evening with our friends Chris and Wendy. Great craic (I think that's what it would be called).