Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is a house that features an early 19th-century front, which likely conceals a core dating from the late 17th to early 18th century. It has a rear extension added to the east wing in the late 19th century. The front is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and topped with a hipped old tiled roof that has three brick chimneystacks. The building is two storeys high and has three windows, primarily 16-pane sashes, with a 12-pane sash in the center. There is a paired bracket eaves cornice and a central doorcase that includes a six-panelled door, originally with the top two panels glazed, flanked by reeded pilasters and a flat hood. A porch with chamfered piers has been added to this entrance.

The left range at the rear is stuccoed, while the right range, which projects further, is made of brown brick with red brick dressings. Inside, there is a staircase with stick balusters, six-panelled doors, and a wooden fireplace from around 1820-1830 featuring reeded pilasters and roundels. Two ground floor rooms have walls that are hung with canvas. One rear room contains a Victorian cast iron kitchen range and fireplace, with a kitchen behind it that has two old iron ceiling hooks, an open fireplace, and a bake oven. An opposite room features a large spine beam. The cellar includes a 17th-century chamfered beam and some alcoves. On the first floor, there are some elm floorboards from the 16th or early 17th century, and a rear bedroom has a fireplace with reeded pilasters and paterae.

In the early 19th century, the Rev. Twopenny, the founder of Kentish Cricket, lived here. A plaque on the front of the house notes that Alfred Mynn (1807-1861), a prominent early Kent cricketer and the greatest match winner before W.G. Grace, also resided here for several years.