Whyteladies

Whyteladies is a house built in 1928 by Baillie Scott and Wilder G E Wallis. It features a style that combines elements of the cottage orne and the typical Kentish Vernacular. The front of the house is primarily made of painted brick with a tiled roof and a chimney stack on the right side. A prominent feature is the gabled staircase tower, which is offset to the left and includes a pointed window with stained glass at the top and opaque glass at the bottom. The roof has three flat-roofed dormers.

On the ground floor, there are three casement windows in the main house and two smaller ones in the servants' wing to the right. The hipped tiled porch is supported by wooden brackets and has a plank door with three steps leading up to it. The right side elevation showcases a large brick chimney stack with tumbling in, while to the left, there is a projecting gable with a first-floor casement window and a five-light canted bay window on the ground floor. The right side features a two-storey gable with two three-light pointed windows, the upper ones adorned with three diamond lights, and a simple door.

The rear elevation is mainly painted brick, with some sections rendered, timber framed, and tile hung. It has two projecting tile-hung gables, with the left one overhanging, and a central timber-framed section. There are three casement windows and two canted bays on the ground floor.

Inside, the house retains internal structural framing. The entrance hall boasts a beamed ceiling and panelling, along with a staircase of early 18th-century design, featuring turned balusters and a newel post with an urn finial on the lower part, and splat balusters on the upper part. The lounge includes a fireplace with a marble surround and an oak overmantel, which has a built-in china cupboard. One ceiling beam features a lamb's tongue stop, while another has a run-out stop and arched braces. The panelled dining room has a cambered brick fireplace. The house is referenced in The Builder from January 1929 and in Houses & Gardens from 1933, and it is illustrated on page 478 of Kornwolf's 'M H Baillie Scott and The Arts & Crafts Movement'.