Listed Building: WETHERINGHOPE AND WALL ATTACHED (1338750)

Grade II*
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1351, 18, 384
Date assigned 20 June 1967
Date last amended

Description

HAWKHURST THE MOOR TQ 7429-7529 (west side) 18/384 Wetheringhope and wall attached 20.6.67 GV II* House. Mid C18. Red brick and tile hung to right return, with plain tiled roof. Two storeys and attic on plinth with rendered plat band and cornice to parapet with hipped roof with 2 flat roofed dormers and stacks to left and to right. Regular fenestration of 2 glazing bar sashes on each floor, with central wooden Venetian window, pedimented on first floor. Door of 6 panels to centre on ground floor, with enriched open pediment on Doric engaged columns, with traceried tymp- anum. Left return with 2-storey canted bay, and with additional canted bay/oriel to first floor supported on wooden posts. Right return with projecting tile hung 2-storey extensions. Interior: dado rail throughout rooms, staircase with central single flight leading to landings on all sides, with turned balusters, and with chinoiserie-pattern balustrade to landings. Staircase hall with elliptical arched opening. Walls attached at right lead to reconstructed walls, red brick about 2 feet high, with corner piers with urn finials, with wrought iron rails, scrolled panelled principals and central round-headed gate with scrolled over- throw. The walls continue to the south and west of the house, about 5 feet high on plinth, and regularly buttressed. Listing NGR: TQ7557929568

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7558 2956 (point)
Map sheet TQ72NE
Civil Parish HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 5:21PM