Exploring Kent's Past

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Monument details

Summary

This was formerly known as Parsonage Farm and is a black and white timber-framed cottage with plaster infilling and curved braces..

Monument Types

• HOUSE (Medieval to Modern - 1500 AD to 2050 AD)

Full description

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[TQ 9751 6211] Parsonage Farm [NAT] (1) The nameboard reads "The Old Rectory" and the owner, Mr W. Sandy, stated that this is the name the house is now known by. It is a black and white thatched cottage, the half timbered walls packed with wattle and daub, over-plastered. There are four original oak mullioned windows now blocked up, and an oak door. The east and north walls are jettied out over the ground floor. The south end and part of the west wall have been rebuilt with brick. The chimneys have been restored and the thatched roof is new. Within, Mr Sandy has uncovered the oak beams of the ceilings and roof, and found Biblical Texts painted upon the plaster of the walls, in German Type. The cottage is probably of the 15th/16th centuries. GP/AO.59/198/7, from N.E. In good condition. (2) Checked and correct. (3) The Old Vicarage, Grade II. Called Parsonage Farm on the map. Timberframed building with plaster infilling and curved braces. (For full description see list.) (4) [TQ 9752 6211] The Old Rectory [NR] (5)

<1> OS 6" 1909 (OS Card Reference). SKE48324.

<2> F1 ASP 16-JUL-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE42135.

<3> F2 CFW 23-JUL-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE43273.

<4> MHLG Swale RD Kent Nov 1960 26 (OS Card Reference). SKE47176.

<5> OS 6" 1967 (OS Card Reference). SKE48375.

<6> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 13 - July, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4900.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 96 SE 13 - July, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4901.

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