TR 05 SW CHALLOCK BLIND LANE (south side) Challock Lees 3/15 Nine Chimneys or Laurenden Forstal GV II* Manor House. C17 with C19 wing. Timber framed and clad in red brick and tile hanging, with plain tile roof. 2 projecting wings, that on left entirely C19. Both of 2 storeys, with brick to ground floor. First floor jettied supported on consoles, and tile hung. 3 hips end on to facade, with 2 large stacks of 4 diagonal chimneys to left and 5 to right. Irregular fenestration of C19 and C20 leaded casements, with a shallow bay on ground floor of right wing. Entrance is central open 'half-timbered' porch. Interior: the original C17 L-shaped building is substantially complete. Features include a staircase c. 1630, a dog-leg with half-landing, balustraded; large wooden fire-place mantel, with centre piece carved in high relief of bunch of grapes. Entrenched purlin roof.Marked on the map as Laurenden Forstal, its ancient manorial name. Listing NGR: TR0101250478