Description

1.
5272 CHARING MARKET PLACE
Palace Cottages (Nos 1 and 2)
and the remains of the
gatehouse adjoining
(formerly listed as
Palace Farm Cottages
and remains of Gatehouse
adjoining)
TQ 9549 22/6 14.2.67
I
2.
C14. This was the south side of the courtyard of the former manor house of
the Archbishops of Canterbury and comprised the gatehouse and the porter's
lodge. Probably built by John Stratford, who was Archbishop from 1333-1348
and whose favourite residence is said to have been Charing. Faced with flints.
The south-east portion consists of the roofless remains of the gatehouse, comprising
stone carriage and pedestrian archways with obtusely pointed heads. Gable
end facing east with flint and brick buttresses at its angles. To the north-east
of the gatehouse is a cottage of 2 storeys and 3 windows with a half-hipped
tiled roof. The ground floor windows of the cottage are set in the stone surrounds
to mediaeval windows. Then comes another ruined portion with a pointed stone
archway flanked by buttresses and then another inhabited cottage of 2 storeys
and attic, steeply-pitched tiled roof with one modern hipped dormer and 2 casement
windows.

Listing NGR: TQ9530549426

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17529235

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Recommended Books

• 
  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair