Royton Manor Lenham, England

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LENHAM LENHAM HEATH ROAD TQ 95 SW (north side) Lenham Heath

5/192 Royton Manor (formerly listed 26.4.68. as Chapel Farmhouse) II*

House. 2nd half of C15, first half C16, second half C16, late C16 or early C17, C18, early and late C19. Timber framed. Main range: ground floor early C18 red brick in Flemish bond with occasional grey headers on ground floor and, probably later, at right end of first floor. Rest of first floor tile-hung. Left wing: early C19 chequered red and grey brick, first floor of right side elevation tile-hung. Left side elevation rendered on ground floor with some close-studding, tile-hung above. Right wing: brick in Flemish bond to ground floor, English bond to first floor. Right side elevation roughly coursed galletted stone to ground floor, tile-hung above. Rear right wing rendered. Plain tile roofs. Plan: Late C15 open hall of 2 unequal- length bays and storeyed bay to either end. Left bay originally jettied to front and left side and possibly also to rear. Separately framed early (or possibly late) C16 wing 2 bays deep added to rear of right end bay. Hall floored in late C16 and wing of 3 long bays added to left end in late C16 or early C17. Projecting forward slightly from main range. Further wing added to right end, probably in C19, also projecting slightly to front. Ceilings of first floor of left wing and hall raised probably in C19. Rear lean-to added C19. Facade: 2 storeys, with cellar to left, on brick plinth. Plat band in Flemish bond to front of left cross wing, and, in English bond, to right end of main range. Cross-wing roofs hipped, with gablet to left wing. Multiple brick ridge stacks towards rear of left wing, to rear to centre of main range and in front slope of roof to right gable end of original building (formerly projecting and external). Irregular fenestration of 6 late C19 casements. Timber-framed porch, with close-studded gable jettied on moulded bressumer, to right end of hall. Outer door has 4-centred arched head with moulded jambs and spandrels carved inside and out. Heavy door, probably original, with multiple vertical roll and cavetto moulding and circular iron handle pierced with trefoils. Inner door has 4-centred arched head with carved spandrels, and architrave with deep multiple roll moulding with large finely-carved 4-tiered pedestals to bases. Heavy boarded C19 door. Interior: Moulded, brattished dais beam to left end of hall. Remains of massive moulded central truss post. Principal posts with rebated jowls to main range and to rear right wing. Door in rear wall of hall, at left end, with 4-centred arched head, hollow spandrels and moulded jambs, partly renewed. Stairs in right end probably in original position. Staircase with solid triangular treads re-set in right wing. Plain crown-post with 2 upward and 2 curved downward braces to rear right wing. Inserted hall floor with heavily moulded beams and joists. Moulded stone fireplace surrounds on both floors of left cross-wing. Ribbed plaster ceiling to ground floor front room of left cross-wing. Late C16 or early C17 ovolo-moulded mullion windows in rear right wing, one with moulded internal cill. Narrow corridor formed along right side of the wing, walls and window jambs painted with strapwork design in ochres. Flemish Renaissance overmantle to fireplace in rear wall of hall and linen-fold panelled door to back door of cross- passage possibly introduced in C19. C19 square panelling in hall. Exposed timbers throughout.

Listing NGR: TQ9038850340