23, Court Street

COURT STREET 1. 1103 (West Side) ----------- No 23 TR O161 NE 1/27 29.7.50. II GV

1. Cl8 front-to C16-Cl7 house. 2 storeys and attic. 5 windows. 2 dormers. Painted brick. Stringcourse. Parapet. Steeply pitched tiled roof. The 2 southernmost window bays project. The windows on the lst floor have cambered head linings and glazing bars intact. 2 stroll modern shop fronts and between them a C17 doorway of kentish rag stone older than the facade, probably C17. This is a pointed doorway with a tooth- shaped keystone and carved spandrels set in a moulded architrave surround with projecting cornice over, probably added in the C18. 10-panel moulded door with pointed moulded tymparum over. Said to have been residence of Capt John Trowts who was mayor of Faversham in 1660 and who entertained here King Charles II with whom he had shared exile in Breda.

Nos 17 to 25 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: TR0165061569