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Latitude: 51.2537 / 51°15'13"N
Longitude: 0.328 / 0°19'40"E
OS Eastings: 562555
OS Northings: 153083
OS Grid: TQ625530
Mapcode National: GBR NPT.CQQ
Mapcode Global: VHHPV.MRS7
Plus Code: 9F32783H+F6
Entry Name: Rats Castle
Listing Date: 1 August 1952
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1362027
English Heritage Legacy ID: 357367
ID on this website: 101362027
Location: Tonbridge and Malling, Kent, TN11
County: Kent
District: Tonbridge and Malling
Civil Parish: Plaxtol
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Plaxtol
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: House
TQ 65 SW PLAXTOL ROUGHWAY LANE
4/32 (south side)
1.8.52 Rats Castle
II*
Farmhouse. Possibly C14 much altered especially in C16, C19 and C20. Timber-framed.
Random galletted rubble stone ground floor, underbuilt to conceal the jetty above.
Tile-hung first floor Steep hipped plain tiled roof with gablets and small return
gable over projecting 2-storey bay. Two gables behind and 2 dormers to west. Two
storeys with attic and cellar in south-west corner. Three windows to north, very
irregular, casements. Off-centre Tudor doorway with moulded arched brick surround,
the imposts carved stone with sphinx-like masks. Initials S. C. (Stephen Chilman,
owner) in gable, of Elizabethan date. Modern one-storey verandah to south with
balcony over. Interior. Half of hall opened. Decorated beam at east and of hall
C16 fireplace with wooden bressumer.
Listing NGR: TQ6255553083
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