ANNEXE 1
Three helpful Government web pages

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Historic Environment)

http://www.culture.gov.uk/

Department for Communities and Local Government (Planning & Hist. Environment)

http://www.communities.gov.uk/corporate/

English Heritage (Historic Buildings & Landscapes)

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.1148
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ANNEXE 2
Books on Historic Buildings in Kent

The Buildings of England series was originally published by Penguin Books, but Yale University has now taken over and the series now covers England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The series has a website :

http://www.pevsner.co.uk/

Most counties are covered by a single volume, but Kent has three:

WEST KENT AND THE WEALD
John Newman 1976 ISBN 0300096143 RRP £19.95

NORTH EAST AND EAST KENT
John Newman 1976 ISBN 0300096135 RRP £19.95

LONDON 2: SOUTH
Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner 2002 ISBN 0300096518 RRP £29.95

This last volume covers all of London south of the Thames and includes those London Boroughs formerly part of Kent. There is some overlap with West Kent and the Weald.

GAZETTEER OF MEDIEVAL HOUSES IN KENT
S Pearson, P S Barnwell & A T Adams 1994 ISBN 0113000499
Out of print but available for £23 to £50 secondhand.

This book is one of three produced by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, following their survey of Kent in 1986-1992, the study period being the early 13th century to the early 16th. The other books are described in Annexe 3 below.

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