Listed Building: FRITTENDEN STORES AND MANCHESTER HOUSE (1084762)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1351, 13, 6
Date assigned 22 June 1989
Date last amended

Description

FRITTENDEN BUCKHURST ROAD TQ 8041-8141 (north side) 13/6 Frittenden Stores and - Manchester House GV II shop and house. Early C19. Tile hung on painted brick base. Plain tiled roof. The corner building of the block including the Bell and Jorrocks Public House (see item 13/7) the front elevation treated as a continuation of that facade, of 2 storeys, with hipped roof and stack to right. Single sash with vertical glazing bars on first floor, and projecting early C20 shop front on ground floor, with plate glass windows, valanced cornice and recessed central glazed window. Left return with tile hanging in part with fish scale tiles, the return elevations of the Stores and the adjoining Manchester House again treated as a single elevation, of 2 storeys, basement and hipped roof, with large tripartite sash to left and 3 glazing bar sashes on first floor and central sash on ground floor. Door of 6 panels to centre left with rectangular fanlight and moulded cornice on enriched consoles, at head of flight of 3 steps and half-landing with simple iron rails. Boarded door to left, at lower level, with rectangular fanlight and sidelights. Two basement openings to centre. Boarded gate and rectangular fanlight to passage attached at left. Manchester house, although structurally indistinguishable from the Stores, fronts onto the street and is therefore cross-referenced in this List under THE STREET, (south-east side), FRITTENDEN Listing NGR: TQ8156641289

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 8153 4123 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
Civil Parish FRITTENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM