[TR 1616 3485] Manor House, Hillside, Hythe. Close to the parish church of St. Leonard's and in the centre of medieval Hythe, the owners Mr and Mrs G. Holtam were reducing the floor level in the central part of the house to create a level through-room. Under the modern floor they found fire debris and some fine medieval objects. The owners realising their importance stopped work to allow the Kent Archaelogical Rescue Unit to excavate and record. Three walls of sandstone blocks of a major building enclose a room with a clay floor.This building was destroyed by fire in c. 1400 with roof-tiles, iron fittings, charred wooden objects, pottery and an iron helmet being found in the debris. The present house dating to c. 1650, lies partlyover the earlier walls.

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<4> DOE(HHR) Borough of Hythe Kent 21 Dec 1973 22 (OS Card Reference). SKE40856.

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<7> Not applicable, SMR Kent uncatalogued index entry, Kent Arch. Review, no. 126, Winter 1996, p.130-41. (Miscellaneous Material). SKE6440.