Nurstead Court, Meopham
Has been described as a Possible Fortified Manor House
There are masonry ruins/remnants remains
| Name | Nurstead Court, Meopham |
| Alternative Names | Nutstead; Nurstead Manor; Nursestead; Nutsted |
| Historic Country | Kent |
| Modern Authority | Kent |
| 1974 Authority | Kent |
| Civil Parish | Meopham |
Circa 1320 by Bishop Stephen de Gravesend. An aisled timber hall of 4 bays which survived complete until 1825 when half was pulled down and replaced by a stuccoed brick villa. This was "tudorised" in 1850 with gables and one bay added and faced in recently invented Portland Cement. At north-west corner C13 ruins of building of unknown purpose of flint and chalk in chequers. The hall is enclosed by an 11 ft high wall of knapped flint with dressings of Caen stone. The tiled roof is supported on 21 in diameter oak columns carrying deeply moulded curved braces to aisle purlins and to cambered beam which supports a squat crown post. This is braced to short collars and the medial purlin. Mouldings stopped with leaf carvings as on the capitals. One remaining gabled dormer window trannioned in stone. Dais at west end. Chamber on first floor. Library has early C19 "Gothick" bookcases. Semi-circular stair also C19. (Listed Building Report)
Part of an early 14th century aisled hall house, incorporated into an early 19th century villa. The medieval house comprised a two-bay open hall flanked by open single-bay ends, with the service end to the east. This bay, along with half of the open hall, was demolished in the 1820s and replaced by a brick-built, stuccoed house which was 'Tudorized' in 1850. Within the external stone walls the 14th century house is entirely timber framed, with a crown post roof supported on oak columns. Tree ring dating suggests that the timbers used were probably felled circa 1314. A ruinous stone structure attached to the north west corner of the medieval house has been shown to pre-date the hall range though the exact date and function of this structure are unclear. It is thought that a detached kitchen block stood east of the house and further buildings, possibly medieval in date, stood to the north. (PastScape summary based mainly on Cherry, 1989)
Not scheduled
This is a Grade 1 listed building protected by law
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| OS Map Grid Reference | TQ640685 |
| Latitude | 51.3924407958984 |
| Longitude | 0.356599986553192 |
| Eastings | 564000 |
| Northings | 168530 |
