Site Last Updated
2 January 2008

Sunderland Farmhouse, Claxfield Lane (Claxfield Road, Mill Lane), Lynsted.
(Formerly “Sundries” and before that “Edwards”)
- also the home of Henry Eve in the 17th Century -

This is an example of a timber framed, 16th century house with a continuous jetty. This indicates that the house was built with a ceiling throughout the ground floor. This is a more advanced design than the ‘hall-house’ (ceiled at both ends, but not in the central hall) or the house with a small smoke bay open to the rafters, but otherwise ceiled. The fires were contained in chimneys from the start.  

Acknowledgement: Picture reproduced, and interpretation taken, with permission, from: The House Within. Interpreting Mediaeval Houses of Kent, P S Barnwell and A T Adams, 1994. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Crown Copyright.  Drafted by Bob Baxter

Further References to Sunderland and Jeffries on Claxfield Lane can also be found in Charles Igglesworth’s “A Saunter through Kent”

[Lynsted with Kingsdown Society] [Events] [Research and Resources] [Around the Parish] [Lynsted Village] [Kingsdown] [Greenstreet] [Lyn Valley] [Lynsted Parish Overview] [Conservation Issues] [Parish Contact Lists] [About Us & Contacts] [Links] [Walks]