Stone House or the Judges Lodgings is a Grade II* listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1951. House. 7 related planning applications.

Stone House or the Judges Lodgings

WRENN ID
knotted-entrance-solstice
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Maidstone
Constituency
Maidstone and Malling MP: Helen Grant (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1951
Type
House
Address
Stone House or the Judges Lodgings, 28, Lower Stone Street, ME15 6LX
OS grid reference
TQ 762 555
Coordinates
51.27155, 0.52483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Stone House, also known as the Judge's Lodgings, is a timber-framed house that was refronted in the early 18th century. The south side of the building displays visible timbering and features a gable that overhangs on brackets, while the east front facing the street is covered in stucco. The house has three storeys, a tiled roof, and a heavy moulded wooden cornice with modillion eaves, decorated with egg and dart moulding below. Above the first floor, there is a slightly projecting moulded cornice above each window, and a curved pediment over the central first-floor window. The ground floor cornice is without projections. The windows are framed with moulded architrave surrounds and retain their glazing bars. The doorcase is notable for its fluted Corinthian columns, curved pediment, and a tympanum enriched with pargetting of foliage, which includes the date 1716. The door itself has ten fielded panels.

Inside, the house features an early 18th-century oak staircase with turned balusters on each step, scrolled tread ends, and a newel post designed as a Corinthian column. There is a 17th-century stone fireplace with an overmantel. The first floor contains early 18th-century panelling and pedimented doorcases with strapwork pilasters. A marble fireplace with strapwork motifs and pilasters topped by terms is also present. Additionally, there is an early 19th-century staircase with scrolled tread ends. This building was formerly known as the Judge's House.

Stone House is part of a group that includes Nos 26 to 36 (even), 40 to 46 (even), and 50 to 70 (even).

Local climate

Stone House or the Judges Lodgings sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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