BIRCHINGTON 878/0/10029 SPENCER ROAD 08-MAY-02 Tresco Lodge and The Porch GV II Built as a pair of stables with servants quarters above, now a pair of houses. Built c1882, Architect John Pollard Seddon with sgraffito panels executed by the sculptor George Frampton. Ground floor yellow brick , first floor timberframed with plastered infill. Half-hipped pantiled roof with part terracotta chimneystack. Two storeys: three windows to sides , two to front. Some original casements with glazing bars to upper parts, some replacement windows. The porch retains an original opening at first floor level. Tresco Lodge has a C20 lean-to extension to the side with pantiled roof, c20 metal-framed French windows and flat roofed porch to front. The Porch has a C20 five-light bay to ground floor, a large flat-roofed C20 extension to ground floor and set back entrance flanked by sidelights and columns. The principal external feature is a series of sgraffito panels of cherubs undertaking Kentish games and pastimes. INTERIOR: Tresco Lodge retains original staircase with stick balusters, plank dado panelling and four panelled doors. The Porch was not inspected internally but is not thought to retain original internal fittings. HISTORY: These are two of five stables with servants accomodation above built to serve John Pollard Seddon's Tower Bungalows. The sgraffito panels may have been made in Frampton's studio and assembled on site The subject matter includes skaters, a blacksmith with anvil and horseshoes, cherubs pulling a chariot, sailing ships etc. There are very few examples in England of sgraffito work and these examples at Birchington are thought to be the only examples executed by George Frampton. [ Jane Lamb "Sgraffito in England 1600-1950." 1998.]