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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 SE 59
Type of record:Monument
Name:Laurel Cottage, The Street, Mereworth

Summary

Laurel Cottage is reputed to be of medieval origin. There appears to be evidence of a medieval kitchen.


Grid Reference:TQ 6583 5368
Map Sheet:TQ65SE
Parish:MEREWORTH, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • KITCHEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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Laurel Cottage Medieval timber framed building of uncertain form and function with 2 bays. The one to the north is open and with a smoke blackened roof. The south bay was possibly floored. In the 16th century two further bays both floored were added to the south (1)

Historic England archive material: BF040183 LAUREL COTTAGE, MEREWORTH 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. RCH01/048/01/488 Labelled sheet of drawings of Laurel Cottage, Mereworth, with a first-floor plan, a section A-A, and perspective sketches of a tie-beam and crown-post


<1> 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>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.