Nowhere is this succession of designs better seen than in Lodge Lane - a living catalogue of styles from the 14th Century to the 20th. At the bottom of Vicarage Hill, and again at 49 High Street, are fine examples of mediaeval timbered hall houses. From 1591 onwards, timbers were hacked out and assembled at Spout Farm in Crockham Hill by
Durtnells (based now in Brasted), then numbered and disassembled for delivery on site.
Westerham and Crockham Hill today are especially rich in Tudor and 17th Century buildings - the latter including Squerryes Court, Wolfelands, and The Pheasantry on The Green.
So the history of this community reflects the history of architecture itself - some five or six hundred years of successive styles which have left us with a town that is a delight to the eye, with widely diverse designs which yet sing in harmony together.
And these are buildings of quality; for as early as the 17th Century the Parish had an unusually high proportion of freeholders, rich enough to own their own houses and to show off their wealth by the standards to which they were built. .......>
