Listed Building record TR 03 NE 133 - PARSONAGE FARMHOUSE, Aldington

Summary

Partial remains of a formerly open 2-bay hall with the later addition of a cross wing. The lower end to the west was demolished after 1534. Other alterations are indicated in documentary sources to have been carried out by this time. The cross wing may have been erected in the mid or late 16th century.

Location

Grid reference TR 0739 3612 (point)
Map sheet TR03NE
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish ALDINGTON, ASHFORD, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 03 NE ALDINGTON CHURCH LANE (east side) 4/7 Parsonage Farmhouse (formerly listed 27.11.57 as Parsonage Cottages) with water pump GV II House, sometime cottages. C16 or earlier. Timber framed and clad with painted ragstone, red brick and tile hanging with plain tiled roof. L-shaped plan (probably hall house with cross-wing plan), subsequently lobby entry, now altered. Two storeys with hipped cross- wing projecting to left, and stacks to end left and clustered to centre right. Two wooden casements with leaded lights to cross-wing and main block on 1st floor, and glazing bar sash, 2 shallow C20 oriels and casement on ground floor. Partly glazed plank and stud door to centre left (re-entrant angle), with exposed jambs of original entry to centre right (in front of stack). Extension of 1 storey to left with conservatory and half-glazed door. Framed interior (with moulded and enriched tie beams) reported by Igglesden (Vol. 13, 1919). Both Desiderius Erasmus (1512) and Dr. Thomas Linacre (classical scholar and Royal Physician) were rectors of Aldington, this building being the former parsonage/rectory, although neither is known definitely to have visited Aldington (then a favoured residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. (See Igglesden, op.cit.).
Listing NGR: TR0738936130

Description from record TR 03 NE 51 :
Listed building : no additional information available


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> historic england, Historic documents (Archive). SKE56370.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Archive: historic england. Historic documents.

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Medieval Houses Of Kent: Architectural Survey (EKE20338)

Record last edited

Aug 13 2024 1:06PM