Listed Building: HIGH HOUSE (1320355)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1155, 15, 6 | 
| Date assigned | 14 February 1967 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            1. 5272                       HOTHFIELD                 THE STREET                                                      No 5 (High House) TQ 94 SE 15/6                     14.2.67. II 2. C18. Two storeys and attics red brick. Tiled roof with moulded wooden eaves cornice. Three casements. Along the eaves cornice has been painted the following inscription:-
"Dr Coetlogon's Genuine True and Original Tincture and other Medicines  by the King's Patents. All sorts of Grocery, Drapery and Haberdashers.  Goods Optical, Philosophical and Mathematical Instruments of a New  Construction Spectacles of a New Invention. Ale Brown Amber Malts and  Hops Wholesale and Retale (sic) 1762".
Doorway up 5 steps with 6 panel door and flat hood over similarly inscribed:-
"Drugs, Oyls, Glass and Earthen Wares 1762".
Dr Coetlogon was a Huguenot who sold the rights in his tincture to a Mr Haffenden of Bethersden who sold it as "Haffenden's Tincture" under which name it was well known in the late C18.
Listing NGR: TQ9693944797
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 9693 4479 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ94SE | 
| Civil Parish | HOTHFIELD, ASHFORD, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 17 2006 9:59AM