Listed Building: THE LODGE, TONGSWOOD (1123720)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1351, 17, 411
Date assigned 22 June 1989
Date last amended

Description

HAWKHURST RYE ROAD TQ 7630-7730 (north side) 17/411 The Lodge, Tongswood GV II Gate lodge. Early C20. Red brick with ashlar details and plain tiled roof. Free Baroque-revival style. Single storey and attic, with pediment-gabled roof with central stack cluster and pediment-gabled dormer with Arms cartouche and 5-light stone mullioned window. Ground floor with 3-light mullioned and transomed window to left and to right in ashlar, parapeted sections with obelisk finials, and central Doric columned arcade in antis. Bracketed pentice roof to right return with mullioned and transomed windows. Single storey rear wing with parget gable and end stack, and canted bay with raking roof and diamond-leaded windows. Originally the main gate lodge to the Tongswood Estate. Listing NGR: TQ7748230171

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7748 3017 (point)
Map sheet TQ73SE
Civil Parish HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM