Upper Ansdore Guest House (Canterbury, United Kingdom)

Upper Ansdore was probably a first floor hall house dating from late medieval period circa 1380. In rural areas this form of house was favoured for defence purposes.The ground floor was probably used as store rooms or as a subsiduary living accommodation.Above the 1st floor is a hall of 2 bays originally open to the roof with a single bay solar adjoining which was always ceiled providing an attic. 200yrs later in 16th century a chimney was built out of tudor bricks.It allowed 2 fireplaces on the 1st floor and 2 on the ground floor so all rooms could be heated. The house stands between 2 old railways which were used less when the new road between Petham and Waltham was built in mid 18th century.These roads are now only public footpaths leading to the church in Waltham and the village itself.