Paris House, The Rocks, East Malling
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Paris House, The Rocks, East Malling
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 28 Sep 2017
While in East Malling village I happened to dip into the local Pevsner, and spotted the following entry: 'PARIS HOUSE, The Rocks, 1/4m SE. A highly peculiar early C18 front, two-storeyed, of red brick. Five bays between big symmetrical ragstone chimneybreasts that project from the façade. Panelled parapet below, not in front of, a hipped roof.' Any building described in Pevsner* as 'peculiar' is likely to be worth a short detour, so I set off along The Rocks Road. The house is built on a site lower than the road, with a garden to the west enclosed by a high wall. I'd have to agree with John Newman that the building is rather odd - especially those chimneys. (I have to say, though, that what he reads as a 'parapet' I'd read simply as an attic storey with blocked windows). * 'The Buildings of England: West Kent and the Weald', John Newman
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Image Location
Latitude
51.28347
Longitude
0.443602