Oakenden

Oakenden is a small hall house dating from the late 15th or early 16th century, located in Chiddingstone Hoath. The building is two storeys high, with a three-window front and an irregular appearance. It has a steeply pitched, hipped gabled roof covered in tiles. A ridge stack dates from the late 16th or early 17th century. Timber framing is visible, with plaster infill on the first floor, except for the right-hand bay which is tile hung. The ground floor is red brick, likely from the 18th or early 19th century, with courses of blue headers. A rendered plinth is visible. The windows are 19th-century casements. A small gabled tiled porch with fillets is positioned to the side of the front door. Two later dormers are incorporated into a lean-to rear extension. Inside, the building retains an inglenook and exposed beams. The roof structure includes a mutilated collar-purlin and dismembered square crown posts. Oakenden is situated within a group of buildings that includes a barn.