Throwley House
Throwley House, Ashford Road
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1344050
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1978
- List Entry Name:
- Throwley House
- Statutory Address:
- Throwley House, Ashford Road
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2007-03-14
- Reference:
- IOE01/16246/25
- Rights:
- © Mr Robin Leonard Fletcher. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1344050
- Date first listed:
- 02-Nov-1978
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 10-Nov-1986
- List Entry Name:
- Throwley House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Throwley House, Ashford Road
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Throwley House, Ashford Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Swale (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Sheldwich
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 01055 56839
Details
TR 05 NW
1/61
SHELDWICH
ASHFORD ROAD (west side)
Throwley House
(formerly listed in Throwley C.P.)
2.11.78
GVII*
House. Early C19 rebuilding of C18 or C17 house. Painted brick, and mathematical tile on lathe and plaster base to return and rear walls .Slated roof.
Two storeys and basement with paired modillion eaves to hipped roof with stacks to left, centre, right and rear. Regular fenestration of five glazing bar sashes on first floor and four on ground floor, all with gauged heads. Central half-glazed door with rectangular fanlight. Porch with paired Ionic columns, attached cast wreaths to cornice, and incised Greek Keys on door surround.
Left return and rear: continuous verandah with tent roof on slender posts: Glazing bar sashes with shutters, and French windows on ground floor.
Interior: Doric columned screen with elliptical arch from doorway to stair hall. Stair late C19 insertion but with original octagonal top lit dome. All rooms with egg and tongue and modillion cornices. Drawing room with Corinthian screen and enriched soffits and Neo-classical tiled fire-place. Internal shutters to French windows slide into wall cavities. Palmette frieze .Second drawing room, urn and acanthus frieze, scrolled and enriched pediments over doors. Fireplace with Corinthan paired columns, enriched,supporting overmantel with paired Ionic columns and scrolled pediment with bracket for statue. Dining room with gilded wallpaper (the gold leaf now overpainted). Guilloched frieze and Wedgwood -style plaster plaques over the doors. Re-used C16 or C17 fireplace, possibly colonial in original, with (apparently) a native King or Queen as supporters.
Listing NGR: TR0106356852
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 176859
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 13:57:39.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.