page_title: Stoneacre, Kent
section_title: Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Stoneacre, Kent / Description / Interior
caption_attribution_description: English: Stoneacre, Otham, Kent. Entrance path and cross passage entrances. Also see 1281928
context_page_description: Stoneacre is a small National Trust property in Otham, near Maidstone, Kent in southern England. The property is a half-timbered yeoman farmer's house dating from the 15th century, together with a small garden, orchard and meadows. The house is a Grade II* listed building.
  The property will re-open to visitors in 2020.
context_section_description: The main entrance door was restored by Vallance, but is original.  Through the door is the screens passage.  The framework of the screen is original, but the panels are by Vallance because the originals had rotted.  The hall itself is dominated by the roof, which is supported by a huge tie-beam carrying a crown post consisting of four engaged columns.  When the hall was divided the original central hearth was replaced by a brick-and-rubble chimney.  During Vallance's restoration work this was in turn replaced by a 15th-century fireplace from the George public house in Sittingbourne.  The chimney above is 20th century.
  The drawing room or parlour formed part of the original house, presumably fulfilling a similar function as a private room apart from the hall.  The fireplace is from North Bore, and the stained glass is reproduction.  The curtains are original 1880s and rare enough to be noted as such in the guide book.
  Above the drawing room is a solar with a similar, if smaller-scale, roof to that of the hall.  The oriel window dates from the restoration but is based upon the plan of the original.  Flanking the oriel are two original windows with rare slots to carry vertical shutters.
caption: The front door with view through the screens passage.
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