Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1632

Monument Types

• SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1556 AD to 2050 AD) + Sci.Date
• PLAQUE (Modern - 1901 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 FORDWICH KING STREET (south side)
The Manor House TR 1859 27/219 29.9.52.
II GV
2. Early C17. Not the original Manor House, but came to be called such because occupied by a family called Manners. L-shaped timber-framed building with plaster infilling, the ground floor rebuilt in painted brick and stucco, the first floor oversailing a moulded bressumer with the initials "M.B." at its north east angle and a bracket at the north west angle. Tile roof. At the north end of the east front ornamental timbering and a gable containing an attic window with a cove beneath the gable. One window above a three-light window with casements above a hung sash window with glazing bars. At the south end of the first floor of the east front is a long workshop window. Three windows above two to the northern elevation.
Listing NGR: TR1803059753
(1)

Dendrochronology dating gave a date of 1556 for the felling of timbers used in the construction of the building. (2-3)

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

<2> Vernacular Architecture Group, ADS Dendrochronology Database, Vol. 34, Pg. 107 (Website). SKE17391.

<3> English Heritage, 2003, Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from Manor House, High Street/Kings Street, Fordwich, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE17470.

Sources and further reading