TQ 5956 IGHTHAM THE STREET 5/14 (north side) 1.8.52 The Town House (formerly listed under Main Road) GV II Hall-house, altered during the C16 and restored during the late C19. Central hall with return gable wings to left and right. Timber-frame with plaster infilling, close-studded to right, square-framed under left gable with curved braces. Some brick infill on ground floor. Late Cl9 decorated barge-boards in gables. Plain tiled roof, the central hall hipped. Small end stack to right, tall pair of brick stacks, square and diagonally placed, at left end. Two gabled dormers in centre. One storey and attic in centre, 2 storeys at ends. Projecting C19 gabled porch with decorated barge-boards and inset linenfold panelled door to left of centre, tall pentice-roofed oriel to right of centre. Projecting oriel with tiled pediment-gabled hood on first floor under left-hand gable, simple metal lattic casements in wooden frames on ground floor under left-hand gable and on both floors under right-hand gable. Interior: The Central hall has been opened although the roof timbers are C19 with an attic above. Listing NGR: TQ5953156748