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WEST SIDE (from junction with Lower Road and Church Lane)
The Homestead
Former occupiers: Alfred Summers (1968).
1 Larkview Cottages
2 Larkview Cottages
1 Chapel Lane
2 Chapel Lane
3 Chapel Lane
4 Chapel Lane
Azalea
Broadclose House
Former occupiers: Albert Giles (1935); Douglas Hull (1968).
EAST SIDE (from junction with Lower Road and Church Lane)
Wesleyan House
Wesleyan Chapel
The chapel was built on a site given by Jacob, Viscount Folkestone, in 1864. It closed c1970.
Waterways
A grade II listed building.
Listing description: Detached cottage. Circa 1600, with C18 addition. Timber- framed with English bond brick to south wall and west bay, thatched roof gable-end brick stacks. Gable-end to road, 2 bays of c.1600, third bay added to west. One storey and attic, 2 windows. C20 door on south side, two 2- light and one 3-light metal casements, two eyebrow dormers with 2-light casements. Left return is gable-end to road with C20 external stack and C20 casement. Rear retains square-panelled timber-framing, C20 metal casements. To east end is late C19 single-storey extension with half-hipped tiled roof. Interior has chamfered beams with fine vase-shaped stops, supported on chamfered wall post, chamfered joists in east room, open fireplace with chamfered lintel with concave stops, C18 planked doors. 2-bay roof of c1600 has tie-beam braced to jowled main posts, with queen struts to collar and clasped purlins, wind bracing. Continues to be occupied by Longford Estate's water keeper.
Former occupiers: Captain A G Forman CBE DSC RN (1964)
Large barn to rear of Waterways
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