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Eythorne Court

A Grade II Listed Building in Eythorne, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1983 / 51°11'53"N

Longitude: 1.2606 / 1°15'38"E

OS Eastings: 627895

OS Northings: 149395

OS Grid: TR278493

Mapcode National: GBR W0M.TSP

Mapcode Global: VHLH3.S4SQ

Plus Code: 9F3357X6+86

Entry Name: Eythorne Court

Listing Date: 11 October 1963

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1070315

English Heritage Legacy ID: 177897

ID on this website: 101070315

Location: Lower Eythorne, Dover, Kent, CT15

County: Kent

District: Dover

Civil Parish: Eythorne

Built-Up Area: Eythorne

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


EYTHORNE SHEPHERDSWELL ROAD TR 24 NE 4/36 Eythorne Court 11.10.63 GV II House. C15 in origin, major alterations and extensions C16, C18 and late C19. Flint and red brick, in part rendered, with plain tiled roof. L-shaped building. Entrance in rear courtyard; 2 storey main block faced in C18 red brick, hipped roof with rear stacks with 2 storey hipped wing to left. Irregular fenestration of wooden casements, some with arched heads. Rib and stud door in four centred arched doorway with chamfer and label, all in moulded brickwork, in gabled porch at end left of wing. Garden front: 2 storeys on plinth, all of flint except left end upper storey rebuilt with red brick in English bond. Hipped roof. Two massive offset stacks in flint project at left and at right. Three sashes on first floor, and 2 on ground floor with central panelled door in trellised gabled porch. Blocked round headed openings to left in brick section. Interior: Crown post roof reported. Heavily altered late C19 by the Bethlem Hospital (then owners), destroying many features, but subsequently restored. (Igglesden, XX, 1927, p. 44; Kent Life, October 1980). Possibly originally built mid C15 for Sir Thomas Bourne, granted Licence to embattle (and impark) 27.HVI (Hasted, X, 1800, pp. 64-7).

Listing NGR: TR2789549395

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