Description

OTFORD OTFORD
1.
5280
High Street
(South Side)
Broughton Manor
TQ 5259 21/783 10.9.54.
II*
2.
C16 house with additions and alterations C17, C18 and modern. Timber framed
structure. Entrance front of 2 storeys and attic, 2 windows, with hipped tiled
roof,diapered C18 brick wall and stone foundation. Modern leaded casements
and gabled porch. Other elevations show exposed framing with plaster filling;
and a C17 gable end with ornamental bargeboards, added to the C16 building which
has jettying and a dragon beam. Large projecting chimney of brick and stone
at West end. Big inglenook inside. Much stout timber visible inside but also
a good deal of restoration, particularly in an open hall part with gallery.
Historic Associations. Broughton Manor was the property of the Crown at the
time of Henry VIII and was used to house part of the retinue at the Archbishops
Palace.

Listing NGR: TQ5228559270

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545772

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)