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Monument details

HER Number:TR 05 SE 196
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:ORION'S COTTAGE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1480 Timber framed 2-bay 2-storey cross wing jettied at the front and possibly originally at the rear. A hall probably contemporary with the wing was demolished


Grid Reference:TR 6068 1536
Map Sheet:TR61NW
Parish:CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1480 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II) 1071251: ORION'S COTTAGE

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0653-0753 CHILHAM THE SQUARE (north-west side)
7/5 Orion's Cottage
13.10.52
GV II
House. Circa 1500 with C18 alterations. Timber-framed and exposed with curved tension braces and painted brick infilling on first floor area painted brick ground-floor. Plain tiled roof. 2 storeys, jettied on first-floor. Roof with hipped gable to end to road and gablet. Two C17 and stacks to left. 1 framed bay front with C20 wood casement on first floor and central C19 wood casement on ground floor. C20 studded plank door to right.
Listing NGR: TR0684453612 (1)

Description from record TR 05 SE 55:
Timber framed 2-bay 2-storey cross wing jettied at the front and possibly originally at the rear. A hall probably contemporary with the wing was demolished (2)

Historic England archive material: BF008858 ORIONS COTTAGE, CHILHM RCH01/048/01/205 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Orion's Cottage, Chilham


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> 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>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #20515 Listed Building, ]
<2>Monograph: Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T.. 1994. A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent.