Court Lodge

Court Lodge is a house that originated in the 18th century, with a 17th-century block at the rear. It features some early 17th-century external elements. The building is constructed of red brick and has a low-pitched half-hipped slate roof with a stack on the rear slope. It is two storeys high with irregular window arrangements, including three windows on the first floor and four on the ground floor. All the windows are glazing bar sashes, except for a large stone-dressed transom and mullion window of early 17th-century design located in the center of the ground floor to the left of a stone-dressed arched doorway. The entrance features a panelled round-arched door with glazed upper panels. There is another stone-dressed transom and mullion window on the ground floor of the left return front. The house has an L-shaped plan with a 17th-century brick and tile-hung wing at the rear. Inside, there is one carved stone fireplace, likely from the mid-16th century, and another fireplace with early 17th-century panelling and an overmantel. The origins of these early features are uncertain, but both Ightham Court and the Archbishop's Palace at Wrotham have been suggested as possible sources.