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Fordwich is a village (or small town) just to the east of Canterbury on the Great Stour. It was historically the port for Canterbury and the stone to build Canterbury Cathedral was imported here. It is the smallest settlement in the UK with a town council and has one of the smallest town Halls in the country.

Weatherboarding is the cladding of a house consisting of long thin timber boards that overlap one another on the outside of the wall.
Traditionally timber weatherboarding was used without a finish, relying upon good air circulation and the use of 'semi-hardwoods' which would keep the boards from rotting. More recently weatherboarding has been tarred or painted; traditionally black or white due to locally occurring minerals or pigments.
Weatherboard houses may be found in most parts of the British Isles, and the style may be part of all types of traditional buildings, from cottages to windmills, shops to workshops.