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Picture source: Hania Franek

Slippery Sams Inn was situated on Stone Street. This grade-II listed pub closed c1981.

Listed building details

Timber-framed cottage, C17 or earlier refaced with red brick in C18. Two storeys. Steeply-pitched hipped tiled roof. Two casement windows. Gabled modern porch. Interior contains inglenook fireplace. Originally called Stone Street Farmhouse and renamed after a farmer who lived there and was nicknamed 'Slippery Sam' as he was the head of the gang of smugglers known as the Hawkhurst Gang.

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