Listed Building: RATS CASTLE (1362027)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 190, 4, 32
Date assigned 01 August 1952
Date last amended

Description

TQ 65 SW PLAXTOL ROUGHWAY LANE 4/32 (south side) 1.8.52 Rats Castle II* Farmhouse. Possibly C14 much altered especially in C16, C19 and C20. Timber-framed. Random galletted rubble stone ground floor, underbuilt to conceal the jetty above. Tile-hung first floor Steep hipped plain tiled roof with gablets and small return gable over projecting 2-storey bay. Two gables behind and 2 dormers to west. Two storeys with attic and cellar in south-west corner. Three windows to north, very irregular, casements. Off-centre Tudor doorway with moulded arched brick surround, the imposts carved stone with sphinx-like masks. Initials S. C. (Stephen Chilman, owner) in gable, of Elizabethan date. Modern one-storey verandah to south with balcony over. Interior. Half of hall opened. Decorated beam at east and of hall C16 fireplace with wooden bressumer. Listing NGR: TQ6255553083

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 6255 5308 (point)
Map sheet TQ65SW
Civil Parish PLAXTOL, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 11:31AM