Police have arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at a historic site.
Officers and the fire service were called to the blaze at an empty workshop in Ash near Sandwich on Sunday shortly before 9.30pm.
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The fire in The Street is being treated as suspicious and was extinguished. No injuries were reported.
A police spokesman said: “Yesterday, investigating officers arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of arson not endangering life.
“He has since been bailed while enquiries continue.”
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The building is understood to be on the site of a former Georgian home known as Rose Hill.
It also went up in flames on bonfire night in 2022 and was understood to have been occupied by intruders.