Black Horse Pluckley? 33 being part of the dialling code 01233?
Not the Black Horse Pete. I said Pluckley
area, so not Pluckley itself
.
The clue does not relate to the STD code - it's an architectural design specific to the Pluckley area. So, the clue is the design of the windows. There are 33 individual windows visible in the photo. Many windows in the Pluckley area have the distinctive rounded tops. There's a story relating to that window design.
The Dering family from their early beginnings in the reign of Henry II, grew in importance, inheriting the manor of Surrenden to the east of the village. The first baronet is famous for creating a huge library of books, charters, maps and manuscripts; part of this collection can be found in the Centre for Kentish Studies at County Hall. It is this first baronet who is generally believed to have escaped from the Roundheads through a narrow, curved-topped window at the manor – a popular myth that led to the addition of ‘Dering windows’ to most, if not all, of the houses owned by the Dering family during the romantic Victorian era.So now you know it's in the general area of Pluckley, it's just a matter of identifying the building in the photo.
