Listed Building: CULVER HOUSE AND HAMMERFIELD AND HAMMERFIELD COTTAGE AND HAMMERTOWER (1243267)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 771, 22, 842
Date assigned 16 January 1975
Date last amended

Description

1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST Penshurst Road (West Side) Hammertower. Hammerfield. Culver House. Hammerfield Cottage. TQ 5244 22/842 II 2. Earlier C19 house converted and extended in 1859 by George Devey for Sir James Nasmyth, the astronomer, engineer and inventor of the steam hammer. Now divided into 4 residences. Hammerfield Cottage, at the west end, was the former observatory and workshop, the other dwellings form the original house. Entrance front of 2 storeys, 5 windows, with projecting, gabled, porch section, and octagonal tower with ogee leaded roof. Irregular building typical of Devey's style, with large-diapered brickwork and gables with ball finials. Garden front shows 5 different bargeboarded gables, mostly half timbered, with brick or plaster filling; and some tile hanging. Large mullioned and transomed windows, some of wood and some of stone. Terrace with low balustrade. Listing NGR: TQ5231144359

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5233 4436 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SW
Civil Parish PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Record last edited

Jun 8 2011 4:26PM