WITH a name like Cordwainers, you would expect this former Kentish hall house in Leeds, near Maidstone, to have a history.
Dated by English Heritage to 1485, the property, with its outstanding architectural period features, certainly looks the part and doesn't disappoint on the history front either as Candida Gower, who lives there with her husband Colin, confirms.
"A cordwainer was a leather maker, and legend has it that whoever did the leatherwork at Leeds Castle, which is about half...
