Listed Building Renovation of a Grade II Farmhouse in Kent
A street-side exterior view of a renovated Grade II listed farmhouse featuring historic brickwork, mixed gables, and careful integration with a rural landscape by James Clague Architects.
Materials
- red-brick
- stone
- clay-tile
- timber
- glass
Visual identifiers
- multiple-gables
- red-brick
- historic-farmhouse
- stone-retaining-wall
- timber-sash-windows
Style tags
- traditional
- vernacular
- historic
Visual tags
- historic-renovation
- vernacular
- rural
- listed-building
- traditional
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring three stepped gable volumes and a lower stone wing, creating an irregular roofline.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing red brick and stone masonry walls with inset timber-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor and roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story historic vernacular scale with low eaves and domestic room heights.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon or morning golden sunlight catching upper brickwork and lighting the cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, pastoral historic charm with warm afternoon light washing over weathered brick and stone.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting nestled against a dense backdrop of mature deciduous and evergreen trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a low stone retaining wall and central steps leading directly to the front entrance flanked by lawns.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular vertical gables paired with scattered window placements reflecting historical additions over time.
- Style reading
- Traditional vernacular historic restoration
- Program
- Residential farmhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- red-brick, stone, clay-tile, timber, glass
- Visual identifiers
- multiple-gables, red-brick, historic-farmhouse, stone-retaining-wall, timber-sash-windows
- Style tags
- traditional, vernacular, historic
- Visual tags
- historic-renovation, vernacular, rural, listed-building, traditional
- Geometry
- Asymmetrical composition featuring three stepped gable volumes and a lower stone wing, creating an irregular roofline.
- Facade system
- Load-bearing red brick and stone masonry walls with inset timber-framed windows.
- Structural guess
- Load-bearing masonry walls with timber floor and roof framing.
- Spatial scale
- Two-story historic vernacular scale with low eaves and domestic room heights.
- Lighting
- Late afternoon or morning golden sunlight catching upper brickwork and lighting the cloudy sky.
- Atmosphere
- Quiet, pastoral historic charm with warm afternoon light washing over weathered brick and stone.
- Environmental context
- Rural setting nestled against a dense backdrop of mature deciduous and evergreen trees.
- Spatial experience
- Approached from a low stone retaining wall and central steps leading directly to the front entrance flanked by lawns.
- Composition rhythm
- Irregular vertical gables paired with scattered window placements reflecting historical additions over time.
- Style reading
- Traditional vernacular historic restoration
- Program
- Residential farmhouse
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture