Ruffyn'S Hill Farmhouse And Walls Projecting

House. Dating from the 16th century or earlier, it was altered in the early 17th century. The house is timber framed and now clad with red brick, in part in English bond, with some ragstone walling. It has a plain tiled roof. Originally a hall house, the building has a hipped roof with gablets (half-hipped to the left) and stack clusters to the left and projecting and offset to the end right. There are two tripartite wooden casements on the ground floor, with segmental heads, and a 6-panelled door within a gabled porch, featuring a semi-circular fanlight to the centre right. A two-storeyed, gabled porch, built in the 17th century, is located to the left; it has diapered brickwork, stone quoins, a stone mullioned and transomed window, and a plank and stud door within a four-centred arched doorway with a label hood. Projecting rear wings, some built of ragstone, feature a four-centred arched doorway and a catslide outshot to the main range.

The interior includes a 17th-century reeded beamed ceiling, oak panelling (some of which is now located in Aldington parish church), plaster cornices, a staircase, and a carved overmantel. Projecting from the front elevation to the right is a ragstone wall, approximately 8 feet high and about 10 yards long, with a brick surround to a four-centred arched doorway. A red brick and ragstone wall, approximately 10 x 25 yards, projects to the left, featuring a blocked-up arched opening that terminates in a red brick pier. The house was altered and enriched prior to the death of Humphrey Blechenden in 1639; panelling in the church is said to date from 1617.