The Manse and Manse Cottage

The Manse and Manse Cottage are a house, originally two dwellings, dating back to the 16th century and substantially refronted in the early 19th century. The buildings are timber-framed and largely clad with rendered brick, and have a plain tiled roof. They are two storeys and an attic, with a basement, and feature moulded wooden eaves to a hipped roof with gablets, a central hipped dormer, and chimney stacks positioned centrally to the left, at the end to the right, and at the rear end to the right. The first floor has four glazing bar sashes. On the ground floor there are two canted bay windows, with a glazing bar sash to the right, and a basement opening at the bottom right. The left-hand side has a door consisting of six panels, with the top two panels glazed, and a flat hood supported by brackets. The right-hand side has a boarded door with an elliptical fanlight and a keyed head on imposts. At some point, the building functioned as a public house known as the Shoemakers Arms, as documented in the Faversham Papers No. 22.