Description

SO 8802-8902 CHALFORD HIGH STREET
(south side)

13/47 Thanet House

28.6.60

II

Detached house. Late C17; late C18 or early C19 additions.
Coursed rubble limestone, red brick to rear outshut; concrete block
rebuilt chimneys; Welsh slate roof. Four-storey, built against
road at north end; 2-storey outshut to rear. West front: three-
window fenestration to lower 3 storeys, all cross windows with
stone mullions and leaded iron casements, one above doorway now
blocked; combining hood moulds. Top floor is later addition with
three 2-light chamfered mullioned leaded casements and blocked oval
window to left. Central doorway with 4-panel door and C19 ashlar
porch addition with Tudor arch and openwork bargeboards. Gable end
chimneys. South end: single-window fenestration to original range
as to front; 12-pane sashes to side of outshut. North end: upper 2
floors have plank doors with timber lintels, the lower giving
street-level access directly into building.
Interior not inspected. Probably built as a clothiers' or mill
manager's house, later adapted for partial warehousing.

Listing NGR: SO8966802547

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26465053

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments