Parsonage Farmhouse

Parsonage Farmhouse is a house, formerly known as Parsonage Cottages, that dates back to the 16th century or earlier. It features a timber frame clad with painted ragstone, red brick, and tile hanging, topped with a plain tiled roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, likely originally a hall house with a cross-wing, which has since been altered to include a lobby entry.

The farmhouse is two storeys high, with a hipped cross-wing that projects to the left. It has stacks at the end left and clustered to the centre right. On the first floor, there are two wooden casements with leaded lights in both the cross-wing and the main block, along with a glazing bar sash, two shallow 20th-century oriels, and a casement on the ground floor. The entrance features a partly glazed plank and stud door located at the centre left, with exposed jambs from the original entry to the centre right, in front of the stack. To the left, there is a one-storey extension that includes a conservatory and a half-glazed door.

The interior is framed and includes moulded and enriched tie beams, as reported by Igglesden in 1919. Historically, this building served as the parsonage or rectory for Aldington, where notable figures such as Desiderius Erasmus and Dr. Thomas Linacre were rectors, although it is not confirmed that they visited Aldington, which was then a preferred residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.