Listed Building record TR 07 SW 1086 - WARDEN MANOR

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WARDEN ROAD 1. 5282 (South Side) Eastchurch, Sheerness Warden Manor TR 07 SW 14/133 27.6.63.
II GV 2. C16 or early C17, refronted circa 1800. 2 storeys, stuccoed with tiled roof, hipped at the west end. 2 brick stacks. Windows with louvred shutters and hung sashes with glazing bars. Trellised wood porch. Moulded ceiling beams to interior.
Listing NGR: TR0158572393 (1)

Description from record TR 07 SW 17:
Warden manor

Probable end-jetty with a formerly open 2-bay hall. The upper end was previously jettied. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF040324 WARDEN MANOR, EASTCHURCH 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. RCH01/048/01/298 Labelled sketch plan of the ground-floor of Warden Manor, Eastchurch

A heritage assessment of the site carried out in 2023 identified and analysed a number of features. These included the timber double doors and a single door to the rear of the building which had been inserted into the structure at a later date, alongside several blocked internal windows interpreted by the author (3) as potentially representing older features no longer in use. Evidence for the use of lath and plaster is visible on the interior groundfloor walls, alongside timber studs (the latter also visible on the first floor). The ground and first floors are interpreted as the oldest part of the building, with a series of extensions taking place at a later date. Studies of the Manor desciried its past uses as "ranging from residential use to housing a convent for nuns" (from the original report, 3).

One of these extensions connected the Manor to the Coach House and is visible on maps from the 19th century. The Coach House groundfloor demonstrates evidence for historic fabric in the form of timber frames and joists, alongside a brick fireplace. The Coach House also appears to have been constructed in the 16th or 17th century alongside the Manor itself. (3)

<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.

<3> JF Heritage, 2023, Warden Manor and The Coach House, Eastchurch, Kent, Heritage Statement (Unpublished document). SKE57936.