Listed Building: Nos. 1 to 17 Calverley Park Crescend Royal Tunbridge Wells (1346502)
Grade | II* |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 872, 7, 80 |
Date assigned | 24 November 1966 |
Date last amended |
Description
CALVERLEY PARK CRESCENT 1. 1746 Nos 1 to 3 (consec) No 3A Nos 4 and 4A Nos 5 to 7 (consec) No 7A Nos 8 and 9 No 9A Nos 10 and 11 No 11A Nos 12 and 13 No 13A Nos 14 to 17 (consec) TQ 5839 SE 7/80 24.11.66 II GV 2. This crescent was originally called Calverley Promenade. It was built in 1828-1835 and was designed as shops with lodging houses above, but they later became houses. No 1 was the bath-house, and in the centre house was a reading room with a billiard room over. Decimus Burton Architect. Built of local Tunbridge Wells stone. The ground floor of the garden front is stuccoed. 3 storeys and basement cornice and parapet. 2 sashes to each with most glazing bars intact. French windows on the 1st floor. On the 1st floor is a continuous stuccoed balcony supported on a slender iron colonnade based on a raised platform with an iron railing above the colonnade. The end houses (Nos 1 and 17) and the 3 centre houses (Nos 8, 9 and 10) project slightly and have a cornice below the top floor. The end houses also have curved bays at the sides. Nos 1 to 17 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ5875239458
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5875 3945 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ53NE |
Civil Parish | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
May 13 2010 12:03PM