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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 15 SW 70 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | China Court, Petham |
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Summary
Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1400 to 1540
| Grid Reference: | TR 1287 5152 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR15SW |
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| Parish: | PETHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1400 AD to 2050 AD)
- HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1521 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II) 1085547: CHINA COURT |
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Full description
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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 PETHAM CHURCH LANE
China Court TR 1251 37/518
II
2. Late Mediaeval hall-house of 4 bays. Exposed curved braces and plaster infilling on first floor, ground floor under-built in brick now painted. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof with gablets, originally probably smoke louvres, 3 casement windows. External brick chimneystack to south end. Simple doorcase.
Listing NGR: TR1287351526 (1)
Dendrochronology dating gave a date range of 1506-1541. (2)
End jetty house with a formerly open 2-bay hall. Upper end formerly jettied. Later alterations in the second quarter of the 16th century. (3)
Historic England archive material: BF040069 CHINA COURT, PETHAM File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/521 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of China Court, Petham
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 19, Pg. 49 (Website). SKE17391.
<3> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. |
| <2> | Website: Vernacular Architecture Group. ADS Dendrochronology Database. Vol. 19, Pg. 49. |
| <3> | Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent. |
