Listed Building: THE CRANE HOUSE AND THE STOCKS OUTSIDE THE TOWN HALL AND THE TOWN HALL (1085670)
Grade | II* |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 956, 27, 225 |
Date assigned | 29 September 1952 |
Date last amended |
Description
1. 5273 FORDWICH KING STREET (north side)
29.9.52. The Town Hall and 30.1.67. The Crane House, with the stocks outside the Town Hall TR 1859 27/225
II* GV
2. Fordwich is associated with the Cinque Ports as a limb of Sandwich and was a Corporation by prescription until it was deprived of its municipal status by the Municipal Corporations Act 1883. The Town Hall comprised a storeroom and prison on the ground floor and the court room and jury room over. It is probably an early C15 building, and there is evidence that it was extensively repaired in 1474. Timber framed building, the ground floor rebuilt in brick, stone rubble and flints. The first floor is close studded with herringbone brick nagging on the east and south sides and plaster infilling on the west side, all three oversailing on a moulded bressumer and brackets with a red brick buttress giving support at the south east corner. Steeply-pitched hipped tile roof. Casement windows of four lights with 4-centred heads, wooden mullions, diamond-shaped leaded panes and old green glass. Two storeys, One window each facing east, south and north. The tiny prison on the ground floor retains its bed, while the wooden stocks are placed in the forecourt to the south. The court room above also has its original fittings and a crownpost roof. To the north is an addition of tarred weatherboarding with a tiled roof. This was the Crane House. The north gable end facing the river Stour is jettied. At the north east angle is a swinging post with a cross-piece like a gallows, from which a large hook is suspended for the raising and lowering of goods. AM. Scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Listing NGR: TR1804759814
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 1804 5981 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR15NE |
Civil Parish | FORDWICH, CANTERBURY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 4:25PM