Description from record TQ 94 NW 88:
Grade II* listed building

Description from record TQ 94 NW 21:
(TQ 93694819) Newlands Stud (NAT) (1) 5272 Newlands Stud Farmhouse, Newlands Road, Charing. TQ 94 NW 10/74 Grade 2*. L-shaped timber-framed building, possibly dating from late Norman period, refronted in C18. The exterior is of 2 storeys and attics. Red brick with grey headers. Hipped tiled roof. Four sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with flat hood over. The east window bay projects. the interior has exposed curved braces, roof with 2 crown posts and a moulded tie beam. (2) The house, in essence mediveal and timber-framed, had an open hall with a roof structure on deep arch-braces. Information from S. Rigold. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5272 CHARING NEWLANDS ROAD Newlands Stud Farmhouse TQ 94 NW 10/74 II* GV 2. L-shaped timber-framed building, possibly dating from late Norman period, refronted in C18. The exterior is of 2 storeys and attics. Red brick with grey headers. Hipped tiled roof. Four sashes with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with flat hood over. The east window bay projects. The interior has exposed curved braces, roof with 2 crown posts and a moulded tie beam. Listing NGR: TQ9357448172 (4)

A timber framed house with a formerly open 2-bay hall and upper end. The upper end was formerly jettied at the end. The lower end has been demolished. In the 16th century the upper bay of the hall was floored over. In the 17th and 19th centuries new ranges were constructed at the front of the house. (5)

Historic England archive material: BF040515 NEWLANDS MANOR, CHARING File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate. RCH01/048/01/139 Labelled sheet of drawings of Newlands Manor, Charing, with a sketch plan of the ground-floor, a crown-post elevation, and cross-rail, dais beam, and panelling details

<1> OS 1:2500 1977 (OS Card Reference). SKE48220.

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Ashford Kent Oct 1980 67 (OS Card Reference). SKE39832.

<3> Bldgs of Eng NE & E Kent 1983 266 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37755.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<5> Pearson, S., Barnwell, P. S. & Adams, A. T., 1994, A Gazetteer of Medieval Houses in Kent (Monograph). SKE8010.