Harrietsham Manor

Harrietsham Manor is a house dating from the first half of the 15th century, with alterations made in the late 16th century and an extension added in 1903. The building features a timber-framed structure with plaster infilling, while the ground floor is constructed of red brick with occasional grey headers in Flemish bond. It has a plain tile roof and is designed in the Wealden style, comprising an open hall with two unequal bays and storeyed bays at either end. The house has two storeys, with both the right and left end bays jettied, and the jetties return around the side elevations. The longer left bay of the hall has a late 16th-century jetty positioned at a slightly higher level. The right bay of the hall is divided by a substantial post into a hall and a cross-passage. The central post in the hall appears to have a solid integral bracket that may support an integral first-floor post, which is tenoned to a flying wall-plate. There are solid brackets to the flying wall-plate from the right of the central post and the right end bay, along with peg-holes suggesting a similar arrangement for the left bay. The structure is close studded and has a hipped roof with a central brick ridge stack, as well as two early 20th-century hipped dormers. The fenestration is irregular, featuring four leaded casements with five, three, and two lights. A doorway is located at the right end of the hall, with durns beneath a solid cambered lintel, leading to a 20th-century ribbed door with a cambered leaded light above. The 1903 extension is situated to the right.

Inside, there are rear door durns, two service door-heads and jambs, a moulded screens beam, a moulded and brattished dais beam, and a moulded central truss post. The late 16th-century inserted floor beams are also moulded, and there is a 16th-century hall fireplace made of chalk, featuring a four-centred arched head and a moulded wooden mantelpiece. Fielded panelling in the hall is said to be from 18th-century pew-backs. The roof features crown-post construction, although the interior has only been partially inspected.