Listed Building: THE SALUTATION (1069643)

Grade I
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 752, 1, 186
Date assigned 19 May 1950
Date last amended

Description

1. 5275 KNIGHTRIDER STREET (East Side) The Salutation TR 3358 1/186 19.5.50. I GV 2. Built by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1912 in Queen Anne style. 2 storeys, attic and semi-basement. Red brick with long and short stone quoins. Stone stringcourse. Coved wooden eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance front has 7 windows. 3 centre window bays project with quoins at the angles. 2 hipped dormers, the centre one with pediment over. Stone doorway with broken curved pediment, the doorway approached by a flight of 11 wide steps with handrail. The garden front has 6 windows with a sundial in the centre and below it a stone panel containing swags and festoons of fruit. 4 dormers. Wide flight of steps from the garden leads up to the 3 centre window bays. The south side has 5 windows and 3 dormers; also a stone panel in the centre with swags and festoons of fruit. Internal panelling said to have been brought from a demolished building in St James' London. Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll. The Salutation, Salutation Cottage and gateway and outbuildings form a group. Listing NGR: TR3337058143

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 3336 5812 (point)
Map sheet TR35NW
Civil Parish SANDWICH, DOVER, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 17 2006 11:07AM