Listed Building: CLAIRE VOYEE ABOUT 76 METRES SOUTH OF PORT LYMPNE (1344208)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1605, 6, 10
Date assigned 29 December 1966
Date last amended

Description

TR 13 SW LYMPNE ALDINGTON ROAD (South side) 6/10 "Claire-voyée" about 76 metres 29.12.66 south of Port Lympne. GV II "Claire-voyée". Circa 1920, probably by Philip Tilden, for Sir Philip Sassoon. Red brick in Flemish bond. Platform built into hillside with 3-bay loggia under centre of it. Brick steps lead down from right and left ends of platform against retaining wall. Scrolled wrought iron work with rose and fleur-de-lys finials, to platform. Round-headed arches to loggia with thin red tile band across arch heads, and keystone to central arch. Ribless quadripartite brick vault and shallow wall arcading. Floor laid with herringboned tiles in octagonal patterns. Semi-circular rear recess to central bay, with shell roof in herringboned tiles. Narrow tessellated brick terrace in front of loggia between feet of steps from platform. See also item 3 & 6/8 (Country Life Vol. LIII, 19.5.1923). Listing NGR: TR1061635255

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 1025 3490 (point)
Map sheet TR13SW
County KENT
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish LYMPNE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Record last edited

Feb 6 2024 9:11AM