Sutton Valence buildings [4]
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Sutton Valence buildings [4]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 11 Sep 2021
This row of former almshouses in High Street are now part of Sutton Valence School. They were endowed in 1574 by William Lambe, a year or two before he founded the School, and were in use as almshouses until they were replaced in the 1880s by the new almshouses, Holdgate House, in South Lane Image Constructed of coursed stone under a tile roof, they were restored in 1910 following a fire. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1060910 Sutton Valence is a village 5¼ miles southeast of Maidstone and about 13 miles northwest of Ashford. The area was settled in the Iron Age and a Roman road passes through. Known as Sutton until the manor became the property of William de Valence, The village is home to a castle, now ruinous, built in the late 12th century and one of the oldest schools in England, founded in 1576 as a Free Grammar School.
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