This page provides a list of the old houses in Pembury. It is a work in progress and is not complete – may never be complete.
Its purpose is to document basic parameters such as names, dates, building changes and possibly owners/residents.
Anyone researching or reading about Pembury will come across an assortment of house names with no address nor indication of location. Many contemporary writings just refer to ‘housename‘, Pembury as if that is sufficient.
In many cases the same house will go through a number of name changes based on the whims of the resident or owner.
This page hopes to make the understanding of house names a lot easier.
The table below is not ordered in any way – it cannot be alphabetic because of the chaos of different names for the same house.
Until a sensible approach is suggested the list will be by order of entry into the table.
Where there is a detailed description of a house on another part of this web site you will be pointed in that direction.
The last row of the table contains house names yet to be investigated.
Entry No |
House |
| 1 | The Manor House – 3 Lower Green Road. F.E. Burke 1886 (Ky) Mrs Purnell 1903 (Ky) |
| 2 | The Gates House – 5 Lower Green Road. Known as Sunnyside in the 1800s Former distiller, solicitor, translater John Thomas Betts (1809-1894) lived at Sunnyside from 1871-1894 (EG) Mrs Betts (died 1916) 1898, 1903, 1911, 1916 [also 1919!] (Ky). Betts was partner in Peto & Betts – building and railway contractors. (MS)Link to page with greater details – 5 Lower Green Road |
| 3 | The Lodge – 7 Lower Green Road. Henry Dittmer 1892 (Ky) Revd RFW Molesworth 1903 (Kellys) A.H. Onffroy 1911 (Ky) Mr Ditmar’s School for Sons of Gentlemen. (MS) |
| 4 | Postillions – 2 Hastings Road also known as Church House, Manchester House, Willmotts. See entry under Buildings and Landmarks. |
| 5 | Highfield House 31 Hastings Road. Also known as Waterloo Inn – see Pubs & Beerhouses under Shops & Retail. |
| 6 | Poppingbury 75 Hastings Road. Rumoured to be one of the oldest houses in Pembury |
| 7 | Dower House Tonbridge Road. Also known as Brackenstone, Strathbogie and various chains of hotels. See entry under Buildings & Landmarks |
| 8 | Wayland House 20 High Street |
| 9 | Sunhill – between 32 – 46 High Street. Also know as Heatherton & The Larches See entry under Buildings & Landmarks |
| 10 | Queens Folly Lower Green Road/Beagles Wood Road. c1626. Also known as Curbelows and Brick Cottage (MS) |
| 11 | Grovecott or Grove Cottage 53 High Street also known as the Square Deal Cafe – see Shops & Retail. Demolished for the development of Sycamore Cottages. |
| 12 | Ingleton, Sweeps Hill Close. House demolished in 1973 to make way for the development of Sweeps Hill Close. (MS) |
| 13 | The Chippings, 61 Lower Green Road. |
| 14 | Myrtle Cottage, Henwood Green Road/Romford Road. Once known as Skinners Farm. Home to the Jarvis family – coal, coke & wood merchants. (MS) |
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| Unresolved Houses or houses awaiting entry into the table
Sheen or Sheen House – Hastings Road. |
Credits for contributions EG – Ed Gilbert MS – Mary Standen – various histories. Ky – Kelly’s Directories
Page compiled by Tony Nicholls
If you have fresh information or need to contact a contributor to this page please contact me by email –
Tony Nicholls pemburyhistory@gmail.com or history@pembury.org and label the subject Pembury Houses.