Otham Manor

Otham Manor
Otham Manor
	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

Otham Manor, previously known as Wardes, is a late 14th-century manor house in Otham, Kent.

The house was built in the late 14th century, probably around 1370, and was altered and extended in the 16th century.

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

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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]

References

^ ^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

Images of Wardes from 1917, National Monument Record:ViewFinder, English Heritage
Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Otham: Otham Manor Image of the stained glass window

[NHLE-1] Historic England. "Otham Manor (Grade I) (1250941)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[Oswald-2] Oswald, Arthur (1933). Country Houses of Kent. Country Life Limited. p. 24. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

[CL-3] 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.

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