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Nurstead Court, Meopham
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Nutstead; Nurstead Manor; Nursestead
In the civil parish of Meopham.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).
Discovery of massive stone foundations to the north of the present house, while the cellars which extend to the north could well have originated as the semi-basement storage vaults of a C13 fortified manor. Circa 1320 by Bishop Stephen de Gravesend, but not a diocesan manor. An aisled timber hall of 4 bays which survived complete until 1825 when half was pulled down and replaced by a stuccoed brick villa. This was "tudorised" in 1850 with gables and one bay added and faced in recently invented Portland Cement. At north-west corner C13 ruins of building of purpose of flint and chalk in chequers. Has history dating back to saxon times.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 356814)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ64006853
PastScape number;
413222, 948864
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p378-81
Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Kent (Malvern) p56
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p180
Pearson, Sarah, Barnwell, P.S. and Adams, A.T., 1994, A gazetteer of medieval houses in Kent p74-7
Newman, John, 1976, The buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald (Harmondsworth) p439-440
Oswald, Arthur, 1933, Country houses of Kent p14-15
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1853, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol2 p281-2
Journal Articles
- Cherry, M., Archaeological Journal Vol146 p451-64
Caiger, J.E.L., 1966, 'A Medieval Site near Meopham' Kent Archaeological Research Groups Council Newsletter, 4 p16-17
Smith, J.T., 1955, 'Medieval Aisled Halls and Their Derivatives' Archaeological Journal Vol112 p82, 84-6, 90
Guidebooks
- Pryor, E.A., 1988., Nurstead Court (Privately published)
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