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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1550 to 1986. A 17th century or earlier house with 19th and 20th century additions and alterations. Timber framed. Ground floor galleted stone with brick dressings, first floor tile-hung. Plain tile roof.

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1550 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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TR 176374. Frogholt Cottage. A timber structure of one and two storeys. It was probably built in the 16th century as a two-bay open hall between a small service bay and a two-storey solar bay with end jetty. The hall was remodelled and a chimney inserted c1600, and the lower end bay was re-built in the 18th century. The corner posts above the jetty are curved up, like base crucks, to meet a half-hipped roof. (1) TR 13 NE NEWINGTON Frogholt Hall said never to have been floored. (E.W. Perkin, unpublished report in National Monuments Record). (2) Frogholt. One mile west of St Nicholas Church, Newington. Small, thatched, timber-framed hall-house with an overhand only at one of the short ends and a cruck-like construction above it. Mr E.W Parkin suggest a date for it before c.1350. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

TR 13 NE NEWINGTON Frogholt
4/43 Frogholt House
GV II
House. C17 or earlier with C19 and C20 additions and alterations. Timber framed. Ground floor galleted stone with brick dressings, first floor tile- hung. Plain tile roof. 2 storeys. Main rangewith narrow cross-wing to right. Continuous jetty to main range. Right wing with slightly more prominent jetty and jettied eaves on brackets. Hipped roof to left. Wing hipped to front. Multiple brick ridge stack to left of centre of main range and brick stack to right side of wing. Irregular fenestration of five 2-light casements; four to main range and one to wing. Ribbed door with 3-light fanlight under open timber porch beneath stack. Long single-storey galletted stone addition to right gable end, with stable door. Various rear additions. Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: TR1763037549 (4)

Additional bibliography (5-6)

<1> Mons Threatened or Destroyed - a select list 1956-1962 1976 45 (RCHM) (OS Card Reference). SKE47330.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Shepway Kent 15 May 1986 29 (OS Card Reference). SKE41054.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1980 401 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37748.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> E.W. Parkin, Arch Cant 1986, 1986, Frogholt House, Newington (Article in serial). SKE29296.

<6> RPS Clouston, 1994, Folkestone & Dover Water services: Bluehouse to Cherry Garden Trunk Main (Unpublished document). SKE6910.

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