The main part of the building appears to be a large medieval hall, probably C15, with a late C13 or early C14 roof. (1)

‘All Saints’ Vicarage’ appeared in its earliest known form, consisting of a large medieval hall, dating from the 13th century onwards. The Vicarage formed part of a large ecclesiastical estate, the College of All Saints’, which included the Grade I listed Bishops Palace, 180m to the north west of the site, which was built between 1348 and 1366, with later expansions and modifications. The remains of two probably 18th century basements, with 19th century modifications were recorded during an evaluation in 2016 within the footprint of the demolished Vicarage building. Similar remains were fund during an subsequent evaluation in 2017. A watching brief in 2017 showed that the sub surface remains of the Vicarage were present and were contiguous with the post-medieval walls, floors and cellars revealed in the 2016 evaluation. The apparent oldest walls were of a ragstone construction with the most modern walls of a red brick construction, there was evidence of continual upkeep of the older walls with areas of later frogged and unfrogged red bricks butting the older ragstone walls. Two pieces of decorated stonework were recovered as demolition debris, which could be presumed to relate to decorative architectural elements around the doors and windows of the Vicarage. Finds comprised animal bone (including a boar's tusk), fired clay, meideval and residual Roman pottery, one clay pipe and one prehistoric flint. The clay pipe came from a demolition layer and the remainder from six different pit fills. The pits and linear feature located to the southern extent of the site are related to the earlier usage of the Vicarage in the medieval/postmedieval period and may well be rubbish pits for domestic and human waste. (2)

Historic England archive material: BF031804 ALL SAINTS' VICARAGE, MAIDSTONE

<1> CgMs Consulting, 2015, Heritage statement, 25 Knightrider Street, Maidstone ME15ND (Unpublished document). SKE32166.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2017, Chaucer House, 25 Knightrider Street, Maidstone, Kent: Archaeological Evaluation and Watching Brief (Unpublished document). SKE51875.