More information : [TQ 57577478] Stone Court on site of Manor House
[G.T.]. (1)
From Saxon times the See of Rochester had possessed property
at Stone by Dartford. In Domesday it is entered as Estanes and
temp. Hen. III the estate consisted of 236 acres and a mill
bringing a total annual value of #24 8s 0d.
The manorial buildings which stood near the church on its
west side were rebuilt or repaired c.1200 and 1337. Hasted(a)
says "The house has long been inhabited by the farmer of the
demesne lands. The only remains of the ancient mansion, which
never seems to have been dignified with the name of palace, is
the great chimney in the centre."
After the Reformation the property passed into the hands of the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners and was sold by them in 1856. (2)
Stone Court is a late 19th c. house, now subdivided into two
private residences. A stone over a doorway in the E wall bears
the date '1654'. (3)
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