The ruined remains of a moated, semi-fortified manor house adjacent to the parish church. Pottery discovered during excavation work dates from 1150-75. The upper floor of the former first floor hall house is now fragmentary, but the two undercrofts below survive. The building is roughly square in plan with corner turrets, three of which survive. An external stair led up the west side of the house into a forebuilding at first floor level. The inner hall or chamber is narrower than the outer hall and may have been divided into two rooms, as was the corresponding undercroft below. A moat originally enclosed both the manor house and the nearby church.

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Name	Walmer Hall House
Alternative Names	Old Walmer Court
Historic County	Kent
Civil Parish	Walmer
Type	Fortified Manor House
Confidence	Possible
Remains	Masonry ruins/remnants
Listed	Not listed
Scheduled Ancient Monument	No
Ordnance Survey Reference	TR367503
Eastings	636710
Northing	150360
Images of England Reference
PastScape Reference	468402
Historic Environment Record	TR 35 SE 12

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Books

• Newman, John, 1983, The buildings of England: North east and east Kent (Harmondsworth) p489
• Guy, John, 1980, Kent Castles (Meresborough Books) p243
• Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
• Page, Wm (ed), 1908, VCH Kent Vol1 p435
• Hasted, Edward, 1800 (2edn), A History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent Vol10 p23-29 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63605

Journals

• Tatton-Brown, T., 1977, Archaeologia Cantiana Vol93 p222
• Mynott, E., 1974, Kent Archaeological review Vol38 p226