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Eythorne Court
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Egethorne
In the civil parish of Eythorne.
In the historic county of Kent (Modern Authority of Kent, 1974 county of Kent).
In 1448 Sir Thomas Browne was granted a licence to crenellate his manor of Egethorne, Kent. Eythorne Court. C15 in origin, major alterations and extensions C16, C18 and late C19. Flint and red brick, in part rendered, with plain tiled roof. L-shaped building. Entrance in rear courtyard; 2 storey main block faced in C18 red brick, hipped roof with rear stacks with 2 storey hipped wing to left. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements, some with arched heads. Rib and stud door in four centred arched doorway with chamfer and label, all in moulded brickwork, in gabled porch at end left of wing. Garden front: 2 storeys on plinth, all of flint except left end upper storey rebuilt with red brick in English bond. Hipped roof. Two massive offset stacks in flint project at left and at right. Three sashes on first floor, and 2 on ground floor with central panelled door in trellised gabled porch. Blocked round headed openings to left in brick section. Interior: Crown post roof reported. Heavily altered late C19 by the Bethlem Hospital (then owners), destroying many features, but subsequently restored. Possibly originally built mid C15 for Sir Thomas Bourne, granted licence to embattle (and impark)
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.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1448 Dec 10.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 177897)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TR279494
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p440
Igglesden, Charles, 1927, A Saunter Through Kent with Pen and Pencil Vol20 p44
Hasted, E., 1800, The History of the County of Kent Vol10 p64-7
Journal Articles
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Charter Rolls Vol6 p102
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