Description

TR 03 NE ALDINGTON CHURCH LANE
(east side)
4/7 Parsonage
Farmhouse
(formerly listed
27.11.57
as Parsonage
Cottages) with
water pump
GV II
House, sometime cottages. C16 or earlier. Timber framed and clad
with painted ragstone, red brick and tile hanging with plain tiled
roof. L-shaped plan (probably hall house with cross-wing plan),
subsequently lobby entry, now altered. Two storeys with hipped cross-
wing projecting to left, and stacks to end left and clustered to
centre right. Two wooden casements with leaded lights to cross-wing
and main block on 1st floor, and glazing bar sash, 2 shallow C20 oriels
and casement on ground floor. Partly glazed plank and stud door to
centre left (re-entrant angle), with exposed jambs of original entry
to centre right (in front of stack). Extension of 1 storey to left
with conservatory and half-glazed door. Framed interior (with
moulded and enriched tie beams) reported by Igglesden (Vol. 13, 1919).
Both Desiderius Erasmus (1512) and Dr. Thomas Linacre (classical
scholar and Royal Physician) were rectors of Aldington, this building
being the former parsonage/rectory, although neither is known
definitely to have visited Aldington (then a favoured residence of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. (See Igglesden, op.cit.).

Listing NGR: TR0738936130

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26326210

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Recommended Books

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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)