Listed Building: THE ROUND HOUSE (1254118)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 1356, 1, 305 |
Date assigned | 24 August 1990 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 64 NW CAPEL TUDELEY LANE
1/305 The Round House
GV II
Converted oasthouse, now one house but formerly 2 cottages. Mid/late C19, converted in the early/mid C20. Red brick, the front is timber-framed and hung with peg-tile; C20 brick stacks and chimneyshafts; peg-tile roof.
Plan: Originally an oasthouse facing south. Stowage now has a projecting right (east) end stack and left front corner stack. Single circular plan former hop kiln on left (west) end. Stowage is 2 storeys.
Exterior: Former stowage has an irregulr 1:2-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars. Front doorway is right of centre and contains a C20 plank door under a shallow flat hood. (The National Monuments Records photograph of 1956 shows a pair of similar doors). Stowage roof is hipped to right. The hop kiln has a brick corbelled cornice and tall conical roof without its cowl.
Interior: Not inspected.
This is an early example of a converted oast in an attractive landscape where a high proportion of the buildings are listed including the nearby Gate Cottage and Gate Houe (q.v.) and the barn to south (q.v.).
Listing NGR: TQ6176245590
External Links (0)
Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6175 4558 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ64NW |
Civil Parish | CAPEL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM