Heronden

Heronden is a house built in 1766 for William Kelly. It was extended around 1930 and altered around 1970 by Phillip Jebb. The building features plum-coloured brick with red brick dressings and has a plain tiled roof. It is two storeys high with an attic, standing on a plinth. The exterior includes a moulded plat band and a moulded modillion eaves cornice on a hipped roof, which has three flat-roofed dormers and large moulded stacks on both sides.

The windows are arranged regularly, with five glazing bar sashes on the first floor and four on the ground floor, all featuring gauged heads. The central entrance door has six panels and is set in a panelled surround with a traceried semi-circular fanlight, flanked by pilasters, a triglyph frieze, and a pediment. To the right, there is a garden room from around 1930, supported by four Doric pilasters and featuring a modillion eaves cornice on its hipped roof. This room has two large glazing bar sashes and central double French windows.

Inside, the staircase is dog-leg with a half landing and winders, featuring turned balusters with square base knops on an open bracketed string, along with a wreathed handrail and ramped dado panelling. There is a panelled room with a fluted frieze and modillion cornice, which dates from the late 17th century and has been reset. The dining room includes two moulded alcoves on either side of a marble fireplace, along with a moulded frieze and other late 18th-century details.

From 1784 to 1794, Heronden was the home of Captain John Harvey, who served as the mayor of Sandwich in 1774 and was a hero of the Battle of Ushant on June 1, 1794, as commemorated in Eastry church and Westminster Abbey with monuments by John Bacon.