Listing Text:

OSPRINGE

1446/2/103 WATER LANE
03-AUG-72 (West side)
1 AND 2
THATCH COTTAGES

(Formerly listed as:
WATER LANE
1 AND 2
THATCHED COTTAGES)

GV II
Pair of C16 cottages.

Timber framed and weather boarded cottages with thatched and slated roof. One storey and attic, with 3 gabled semi-dormers in hipped roof, and stacks to north and south ends. Four wooden casement windows, the central of 3 mullioned lights. Boarded door to centre left, and half glazed door to centre, with small fire-light over.

Miller's House, The Arbory and Nos 1 & 2 Thatch Cottage form a group.

HISTORY
The pair of cottages are shown on the 1879 Ordnance survey map but fabric and design would suggest that they date to the C16.

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 06 SW OSPRINGE WATER LANE (west side)
2/103 Nos. 1 8 2 Thatched Cottages 3.8.72 (formerly listed under Faversham)
GV II
Cottage pair. C16. Timber framed and weather boarded with thatched and slated roof. One storey and attic, with 3 gabled semi-dormers in hipped roof, and stacks to left and to end right. Four wooden casement windows, the central of 3 mullioned lights. Boarded door to centre left, and half glazed door to centre, with small fire-light over.
Listing NGR: TR0020160635

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