TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST FORDCOMBE ROAD, ASHURST PARK 7/478 Langton Park Lodge II Estate cottage to Fernchase Manor (q.v.), previously known as Ashurst Park. Possibley 1864 to the designs of George Devey. Newman refers to 2 Devey lodges of this date and this is probably one of them. Local sandstone and timber-framing with some tile-hanging and some weatherboarding; peg-tile roof; stack with brick shaft. Vernacular Revival style with some picturesque rustic detail. Plan: Overall cruciform plan the main block roofed on a north south axis, the south elevation overlooking Fordcombe Road with an entrance on the south. Exterior: Well-preserved cottage ornee with elaborate detail. Single storey and attic with a very deep gabled roof with crested ridge tiles the gables with pierced, cusped bargeboards. The attic storey framing is partly close- studded with some curved braces. The ground floor is treated with a mixture of materials; some weatherboarding, some tile-hanging, some stone; some split logs. The south elevation to the front at the right, the gable with a terracotta apex finial and a first floor oriel window. The base of the gable has a zig-zag frieze and, below it, the front wall is made up of vertical split logs with horizontal logs above providing ventilation for the storeroom behind. The split log arrangement continues on the right (east) return wall, inside the porch. To the right a recessed porch on undressed tree trunk posts, very twistedrustic branches forming the outer doorway on the south side, the porch also open on the west side. Plank and cover strip front door. To the left of the gable the south elevation is tile-hung. The east elevation has a shallow gabled projection in the centre, local sandstone below timber- framing in the gable. One ground and one first floor small-pane 2-light casement window. The east elevation is weatherboarded to the right. Diagonally-set chimney shaft projects through the roof in front fo the ridge on the south side. Interior: Not inspected. A well-preserved building externally with some extremely attractive detail. According to local reports some of the lodges to Ashurst Park were originally thatch-roofed. Sources J. Newman. West Kent and the Weald Penguin Buildings of England series (1969), p.138. Listing NGR: TQ5350139472