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Stoneacre is a small National Trust property in Otham, near Maidstone, Kent in southern England. The property is a half-timbered yeoman's house dating from the 15th century, together with a small garden, orchard and meadows. The house is a Grade II * listed building. It is a private residence but opened to visitors on Saturdays and Bank Holiday Mondays from mid March to the end of September. There are toilet facilities available for visitors. ==History== The site overlies an outcrop of Kentish ragstone and from this the name is thought to originate. Hasted's ''History of Kent'' mentions that during the reign of Edward II one John Ellys resided here. A will from a century later records another John Ellis who died a wealthy man.〔 His son (also called John Ellys) built the hall house in the 1480s.〔 The steep slope and poor foundation led to problems with the north wing in the middle of the 16th century. The cellars and ground floor had to be rebuilt in stone with buttresses to stop the slippage, as is visible today.〔 At this date high hall houses were going out of fashion and the opportunity was taken to insert and upper floor into the original hall.〔 The Ellys family continued to hold Stoneacre until 1725 when it was sold and occupied by tenants.〔 In 1920 the ruin was purchased by Aymer Vallance. Aymer was a 58-year-old bachelor when he bought the property but in 1921 he married Lucy Ada Hennell. Aymer set about reconstructing the house to his vision of a Tudor yeoman's dwelling. As a consequence of reopening the hall to its full height two bedrooms were lost. These were provided by an extension to the south with the library underneath. The old single storey scullery to the rear was removed and a new two story wing built westwards from the north end. The new wing provided a servants hall and kitchen below with two maid's bedrooms above. In 1928 the property was presented to the National Trust.〔 and plans on p 4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stoneacre, Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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