Listed Building: QUADRANT WALLS AND GATE PIERS TO TONGSWOOD DRIVE (1338758)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1351, 17, 412 | 
| Date assigned | 22 June 1989 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            HAWKHURST                      RYE ROAD TQ 7630-7730       (north side)
17/412                                                Quadrant walls and gte                                                      piers to Tongswood Drive GV                                                   II Quadrant walls and gate piers.  Early C20.  Red brick and ashlar details with cast or wrought iron railings.  Free Baroque revival style.  Stone, panelled gatepiers with modillion cornice to ball-finial (ball lost on right hand pier), with brick quadrant walls sweeping in concave curves to left and to right, the cornice depressed in semi-circular sweeps filled with lengths of spear-head rails with scrolled centre panels, with pedimented central feature.  The quadrants terminated by lower stone piers, the walls ramped down and extending some 10 yards to right, and about 40 yards to left.  The central iron carriage gate is missing.  Formerly the main entrance to the Tongswood estate.
Listing NGR: TQ7746030185
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 7745 3018 (point) | 
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| Map sheet | TQ73SE | 
| Civil Parish | HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 5:21PM