Places
View Index of Listed Buildings in Lynsted with Kingsdown and Greenstreet (north and south sides) |
Anchor House - Remarkable half-timbered hall-house below the church
Aymers - Country House built in 1860s by the Vallance Family.
Berkeley House - Home to remains of Champion's Windmill. The Demolished Union Mill in Claxfield/Mill Lane is also discussed.
Claxfield Farmhouse - Wealden Hall House on Claxfield/Mill Lane (between Lynsted Village and London Road)
Claxfield House - see also Henneker Family account for familly connection.
Ferrell and Baker Garage, Greenstreet - Sadness as garage reign ends. Family photographs of the business.
Forge Cottage, The Street - for many years the home of David and Peggy Bage.
The Grange - 18th Century, Grade 2 listed on Greenstreet Hill, Lynsted Parish
Heathfield House - timber-framed 16th century house, Ludgate Lane, Lynsted Village
Jubilee Pump - 1897, chequered and hilarious history reviewed (PDF)
Kingsdown Church - Once the site of a Mediaeval Church, knocked down in favour of a Welby Pugin designed church.
Lynsted Church of Saints Peter and Paul - Home Page covering the fabric, memorials, bells, the clergy and gravestones survey. Also the Lynsted Medieaval Ring and Church Path Excavation Finds. Also an illustrated account of the replacement of war-damaged East Window and Hugesson Chapel window by Francis Spear (1950).
Lynsted Court or Sewards - Listed Building at the heart of Lynsted Village. Article written by Dr Robert Baxter.
Lynsted Lodge and Park (and the lost house of Bedmangore) - illustrations and listing narrative
Mount House (No. 8 London Road) - in a Conservation Area, permitted for development after Historic England rejected calls for "Listing".
Radfield House and Hamlet - Listed buildings, features and summary - also a booklet available through the Historic Research Group of Sittingbourne (HRGS).
Telephone Kiosk, The Street, Lynsted Village - Listed Grade II
Tudor Cottage, Cellar Hill - a fine example of a local hall house that has many clues to its previous occupants.
The Wanstalls - no longer standing. Reputed to be a barracks at one time. Thanks to Roy Woodward we have front and back views of The Wanstalls. We have added a Wanstall Family tree.
Public Houses of Greenstreet.
Public Houses Listed - past and present
The George Inn - an historically important and characterful property at the junction with Lynsted Lane.
The Rose Inn - a beerhouse once known as "The Royal Oak". In modern times, Rose Bakery, then Wicks Store and finally divided into two residences. Linked to WW1 civilian casualty - Alice Post (munitions worker lost through poisoning) and her brother in WW2, Edward George (an Inspector in the Hong Kong Police). We have transcribed the Deeds too - see below.
The Swan - Modern replacement of the original historic building.
Auctions
- Greenstreet, Teynham and Barrow Green, occupied properties - 10th July 1771 - Kentish Gazette of 29th June 1771
- Claxfield (Mr Lushington Tayler) Property Auction - Claxfield - 22nd May 1804 - Kentish Gazette of 15th May 1804
- Manor of Norton (including Norton Court) Property Auction - 19th March 1808 - Kentish Gazette of 18th March 1808
- Windmill (apparently the property of John Wanstall) - 14th July 1808 - Kentish Gazette (several dates in a longer historical article)
- Windmill (as above, now with vacant possession) - 27th & 28th July 1808 - Kentish Gazette (several dates in a longer historical article)
- Three properties (Radfield, Lynsted and Newington) - 12th September 1808 - Kentish Gazette of 30th August 1808
- Nouds Estate (Late Philip Barling's Estate) - 20th July 1901 - Kentish Gazette and WhitstableTimes and Herne Bay Herald (1901)
- George Alfred Filmer Estate - 27th June 1917 - Full original text....
- Lynsted Lodge Estate Auction - 26th September 1919 - Newspaper Notice & Report (4th October 1919)
Deeds
- Rose Inn beer house - later a confectioners, bakery, grocers and now two residential dwellings.
- Bonds Cottages and Heathfield Deed documents - kindly shared by Bernard Broughton.
- Erriot Wood Gate Deeds documents - kindly shared by Beverley Smith