Otham Manor, previously known as Wardes, is a late 14th-century manor house in Otham, Kent.
| Otham Manor | |
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  Location within Kent | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Otham |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51°15′09″N 0°34′28″E / 51.252372°N 0.574334°E |
| Completed | Late 14th century, 16th century |
The house was built in the late 14th century, probably around 1370, and was altered and extended in the 16th century.[1][2] It is a L-shaped two-storey timber-framed hall house; the north wing being the older part and the south wing being from the 16th century. The north wing has jettied bays at each end; the western bay having been rebuilt.[1] The clay tiled hipped roof is steeply pitched with a gable to the south end of the south wing. Internally the roof structure is exposed with tie beams and king post.
The house was restored in 1912 by Sir Louis du Pan Mallet, ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Sir Louis engaged the architect Philip Tilden who extended the house with a wing to the west.[3] The whole house is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The Listing described the mansion as a "GV I House, formerly cottages, now house. Late C14 with C16 alterations and additions".[1] The estate was in a state of "semi-dereliction by the early 1990s" according to Country Life (magazine). It was subsequently restored by new owners and listed for sale in 2019.[3]
See also
edit- Similar hall houses in Otham:
- Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone
References
edit- ^ a b c d Historic England. "Otham Manor (Grade I) (1250941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ Oswald, Arthur (1933). Country Houses of Kent. Country Life Limited. p. 24. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- ^ a b Churchill, Penny (29 June 2019). "The beautiful Grade I-listed 650-year-old manor house and gardens which survived dereliction twice, now lovingly restored". Country Life. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
External links
edit- Images of Wardes from 1917, National Monument Record:ViewFinder, English Heritage
- Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Otham: Otham Manor Image of the stained glass window