Pitts Cottage

Pitts Cottage is a 16th century or earlier building, possibly originally framed, located in Westerham. It is said to have been occupied by William Pitt while his home at Keston was being repaired. The cottage has painted brick elevations which obscure the older structure. It is two storeys high, with eaves featuring a small moulded fillet under a bracketed gutter and a roof covered in red tiles, punctuated by two end brick stacks. Two dormers with lattice casements are visible on the roof. The front facade features a painted brick plinth and two projecting brick buttresses, which have tiled copings. A modern, projecting hip tiled hood, supported on carved brackets, shelters the restored, 16th century oak panelled door set in an oak frame. To the right of the entrance is a projecting oriel bay window with mullions and transoms, featuring lattice casements and a tiled hood supported on wooden angle brackets. Below this are two square-paned leaded casements set in recessed, flat segmental arches. The first floor has three sets of square-paned leaded casements and a small leaded casement over the door. The east elevation is constructed of random stone with flint infilling and red brick dressings, incorporating a projecting stack and a brick gable end. The west elevation is red brick and displays numerous additions to the rear, including a modern kitchen wing.