Listed Building: 18 GOODS STATION ROAD (1084419)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 872, 6, 340
Date assigned 15 April 1987
Date last amended

Description

In the entry for GOODS STATION ROAD 6/340 No 14 the address shall be amended to GOODS STATION ROAD No 18 and the description shall be amended to read Purpose built ironmongers store, now shop. Built in 1888 with shop front altered in C20. Front of cast iron with glazed panels the other elvations brick. Hipped slate roof with pitched roof light and eaves tiles. 3 storeys. Front elevation has end rendered pilasters through 1st and 2nd floors surmounted by stylized brackets with ball finials. Wide cornice and fascia bands. Continuous 6 light window divided by pilasters with flat arches between. The interior contains a central galleried atrium supported on twisted cast iron columns on the ground floor and plain cylindrical columns on the 1st floor. Wooden 2 tiered balustrading to open well and boarded panelling. Simple roof of queen post type construction. Included for technological innovation as an early example of structural ironwork in a shop. The rear part of no 18 is not of special interest. GOODS STATION 1. 5285 ROAD TQ 5839 NE No 14 6/340 II 2. Purpose built ironmongers store, now shop. Built in 1888 with shopfront altered in C20. Front of cast iron with glazed panels the other elevations brick with iron ridge tiles. Hipped slate roof with pitched roof light, 3 storeys. Front elevation has end iron pilasters through 1st and 2nd floors surmounted by stylized brackets with ball finials. Wide cornice and fascia bands. Continuous 6 light window divided by pilasters with almost flat arches between. The interior contains a central galleried atrium supported on twisted cast iron columns on the ground floor and plain cylindrical columns on the 1st floor. Wooden 2 tiered balustrading to open well and boarded panelling, simple roof of queen post type construction. Included for technological innovation as an early example of structural iron work in a shop. Listing NGR: TQ5855139787

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  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Location

Grid reference TQ 5856 3979 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM