Description

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5273 HOATH MILL BANK

Ford Manor Farmhouse
TR 26 NW 1/390 30.1.67

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This building incorporates part of the late mediaeval gatehouse of the Palace
of the Archbishops of Canterbury. Most of the Palace was demolished in 1658.
The existing building incorporates a wing of C15 date but was refronted in
red brick in C18. Two storeys. Hipped tiled roof. Three casement windows.
Modern porch. The east front has the timber-framing exposed in one place and
a small two-storeyed gable projection in the centre. In the south wall is
an C18 doorcase with pilasters, a pediment and door of 6 fielded panels. Behind
is an C18 L-wing on the ground floor only, and beyond this a C17 red brick
wall containing an archway with a pointed head. The interior contains exposed
beams, inglenook fireplace and crown post roof of circa 1480.

Listing NGR: TR2049865697

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26373649

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Recommended Books

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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]