Otham Manor
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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. 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. 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 Mallet who added an extension to the west side of the southern wing. The whole house is a Grade I listed building.
Otham
Otham is a village near the town of Maidstone in Kent, England.The 12th century parish church of St Nicholas is a Grade I listed building. The vicar is Revd Andrew Sewell. Otham also has a number of mediaeval houses which are listed including Otham Manor , Synyards and Stoneacre...
, Kent.
The house was built in the late 14th century, probably around 1370, and was altered and extended in the 16th century. 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
Jettying
Jettying is a building technique used in medieval timber frame buildings in which an upper floor projects beyond the dimensions of the floor below. This has the advantage of increasing the available space in the building without obstructing the street...
bays at each end; the western bay having been rebuilt. The clay tiled hipped roof
Hip roof
A hip roof, or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope. Thus it is a house with no gables or other vertical sides to the roof. A square hip roof is shaped like a pyramid. Hip roofs on the houses could have two triangular side...
is steeply pitched with a gable
Gable
A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of a sloping roof. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system being used and aesthetic concerns. Thus the type of roof enclosing the volume dictates the shape of the gable...
to the south end of the south wing. Internally the roof structure is exposed with tie beams and king post
King post
A king post is a central vertical supporting post used in architectural, bridge, or aircraft design applications.-Architecture:...
.
The house was restored in 1912 by Sir Louis Mallet who added an extension to the west side of the southern wing. The whole house is a Grade I listed building.
See also
- Similar hall houses in Otham:
- SynyardsSynyardsSynyards is a late 15th-century house in Otham, Kent.The house was built in the late 15th century with additions in the 16th century and in 1663. It is a mostly two-storey timber-framed hall house with a steeply-pitched plain tile hipped roof...
- StoneacreStoneacreStoneacre is a small National Trust property in Otham, near Maidstone, Kent in southern England. The property is a half-timbered yeoman's house dating from the fifteenth century, together with a small garden, orchard and meadows...
- Synyards
- Grade I listed buildings in Maidstone
External links
- http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/search/results.aspx?index=0&mainQuery=Wardes,%20Otham&searchType=all&form=homeNational Monument Record:ViewFinder, English HeritageEnglish HeritageEnglish Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
, Images of Wardes from 1917]. - Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Otham: Otham Manor Image of the stained glass window