Listed Building: AVICIA COTTAGE (1218719)

WEST MALLING TQ6857 KING STREET 1156-0/3/108 No.36 Avicia Cottage GV II Cottage. Late medieval, refronted and underbuilt in early C19 and refenestrated in C20. Timber-framed building the exterior roughcast with old tiled roof. Passageway clad in weatherboarding. 2 storeys 3 windows. 1st floor has 3 C20 casements, some with leaded lights. Ground floor has 3 C20 casements. Doorcase with flat hood and brackets and plank door. Plinth. Rear elevation has projecting gable with exposed tension braces. Mullioned window and early C19 fixed casement. Interior reported to have fine moulded crownpost with beam moulding. An unusual plate beam fronts the road (covered externally) showing concave moulding and decoration over 2ft in width. The solar supporting beam internally shows castellated and decorative mouldings. The inglenook fireplace, 9ft in width, is flanked by stone mouldings, possibly ecclesiastical in origin. The inglenook comprised of ashlar and 2in bricks is probably early C16, inserted during the Tudor modernization when the ceilings were inserted. Original well at rear. (Crozier P: Survey of buildings in West Malling: ITEM 16). Listing NGR: TQ6800957856