Wrotham Place

Wrotham Place is a house dating to around 1590, with alterations from the 19th century. The south front is constructed of red brick on a red brick plinth, with rendered ground-floor dressings and ashlar quoins and first-floor dressings. A band of diagonally inserted bricks is visible. A 19th-century parapet tops the plain tiled roof. Four brick stacks are present: one triple stack at the right-hand end, two off-ridge in the centre, a single, stan-shaped moulded brick stack off-ridge at the left-hand end, and a double stack with a projecting breast attached to the left of the central gabled frontispiece. Two dormers are visible on the roof. The house is arranged over two storeys and attics, and three storeys to the frontispiece. There are two large windows at mid-storey level to the right of the frontispiece, a six-light mullioned window to the right, and an eight-light transom and mullioned window to the left, with a pointed-arched doorway containing a boarded, ribbed door. A tall three-centred arch on the ground floor of the frontispiece is surmounted by a tall wooden-mullioned window, with a curious recess partly blocked by the arch's support. Another recess is in the base of the chimney-breast to the left. The frontispiece features a ten-light transom and mullion window on the first floor, and a three-light mullion window on the second floor. A 19th-century block adjoins the south front, constructed of red and blue brick with ashlar quoins and dressings, a plain tiled roof with bracketed gutters, a doubled west-end stack, and parapet copings to the gables, with kneelers only on the east gable. The south gable is part stepped, part pitched. Ashlar bands are present over the brick plinth, over the ground floor, and at cornice level. The north front is of red brick on a red brick plinth, with rendered ground-floor dressings, ashlar first-floor dressings, and diagonal patterning of grey bricks between the ground and first floors. A parapet tops the plain tiled roof, with two dormers. The house is arranged over three storeys with a five-window front, featuring transom and mullion windows with metal casements. Projecting three-storey gabled square bays are present in the first, third, and fifth bays, with the bay to the right projecting further, accommodating an entrance below. Panelled, top-glazed doors are set in arched, moulded surrounds. A 20th-century stone coat-of-arms is situated above the entrance. A small courtyard is located to the right of the block, formed by 19th-century extensions, including a one-storey red brick extension with a plain tiled roof, aligned with a more substantial, earlier stable building to the north, connected by a brick arch. The interior includes a hall with a ribbed ceiling and early 20th-century cornices featuring mottoes, and an east drawing room with a large stone fireplace featuring a four-centred arch and rose and strap-work decoration. Two first-floor panelled rooms are present, one with pilaster decoration, likely dating to the Edwardian period.