Post House, Middleton Cottage and Eve Cottage

Eve Cottage, 5, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1347941
Date first listed:
14-Mar-1980
List Entry Name:
Post House, Middleton Cottage and Eve Cottage
Statutory Address:
Eve Cottage, 5, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1347941
Date first listed:
14-Mar-1980
Date of most recent amendment:
08-Feb-1982
List Entry Name:
Post House, Middleton Cottage and Eve Cottage
Statutory Address 1:
Eve Cottage, 5, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ
Statutory Address 2:
Middleton Cottage, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ
Statutory Address 3:
Post House, 3, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ

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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.

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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.

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Location

Statutory Address:
Eve Cottage, 5, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ
Statutory Address:
Middleton Cottage, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ
Statutory Address:
Post House, 3, Rattington Street, Chartham, Canterbury, CT4 7JQ

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Canterbury (District Authority)
Parish:
Chartham
National Grid Reference:
TR 10887 54873

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 27 January 2026 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards

TR 1054
30/250

CHARTHAM
RATTINGTON STREET (south-west side)
No 3 Post House, No 5 Eve Cottage and Middleton Cottage

(Formerly listed as Evita, Middleton and cottage adjoining to left, previously listed as Greensleeves, Middleton and Cottage adjoining to left)

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Three cottages dated 1722. Two storeys and attics red brick. Tiled roof with three gabled dormers. Two of them modern. Four sashes with glazing bars intact. Stringcourse. In the centre is a stone inscribed "I.M.1722". The south easternmost cottage has a doorcase with flat hood on brackets and six panelled door. Simple doorcases to other cottages.

Listing NGR: TR1088754873

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
171093
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.

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