The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 0653-0753 7/25

CHILHAM THE STREET (north side) Cumberland House

(Formerly listed under HIGH STREET, previously listed as Robins Croft and Robins Cottage)

13.10.52

GV II

Hall House. Late C15. Close-studded timber frame with red brick plinth, plain tile roof. 2 storeys on plinth; continuous first floor jetty. Eaves cornice to hipped roof with gablets, with 2 projecting end stacks and 1 central stack. The central bays with jettied floor joists at higher level than side bays indicated inserting floor. Irregular fenestration of 5 C20 wooden casement windows to first floor, with 3 C20 segmental bays to ground floor and C20 plank door to centre right.

Listing NGR: TR0692553598.

Selected Sources

Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details


National Grid Reference: TR 06923 53595 (1)

Wealden house with a formerly open 2-bay hall and overshot passage. Large scale alterations in the early 17th century involved the major extension of the lower end and the flooring over of the hall giving the house a continuous jetty (2)

Historic England archive material: RCH01/048/01/190 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Cumberland House, Chilham BF008807 CUMBERLAND HOUSE, CHILHAM

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

<2> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.