Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1182 - THE PEST HOUSE IN THE GARDEN OF SCADBURY MANOR TO SOUTH WEST OF THE HOUSE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5274 SOUTHFLEET NEW BARN ROAD (east side)
The Pest House in the garden of Scadbury Manor to south-west of the house TQ 67 SW 5/43 1.6.67
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2. C16. At the south-west corner of the west rectangle of the garden walls to Scadbury Manor is a small building which was a Pest House for travellers along Watling Street making the pilgrimage to Canterbury. This is older than the house and is a timber-framed building now faced with red brick and flints. Two storeys. Hipped tiled roof. Sprocket eaves cornice. The interior has a blocked in mullioned window. Documents of the 1570s showed travellers who died in the Pest House. In the C19 a drying floor was inserted and 2 stock brick circular hop kilns added which at a later stage had crenellated parapets added.
Listing NGR: TQ6206471278

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