Listed Building: FAIRHILL (1072577)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 190, 3, 19
Date assigned 03 May 1984
Date last amended

Description

TQ 55 SE SHIPBOURNE RIDING LANE (OFF) 3/19 Fairhill II Country house. Circa 1840 with late C19 alterations. Stucco with eaves cornice to slate roofs, hipped at ends of block. Ridge stacks, one retaining moulded capping Two storeys; 2-1-3-1-2 bays, salient features being 2 pedimented and projecting breaks with pilaster-strips, flanking central 3 bays. These contain tripartite windows with bracketed pediments over, on ground floor. Mostly casement windows. Outer wings have string-courses with French casements on the ground floor and balustraded and bracketed balconies over. Late C19, 3-bay central break on ground floor containing lobby with marble steps and reveals. Introduce low relief over doorway. Panelled door. Rear with moulded string over ground floor. 4-3-4 bays, the central 3 breaking forward with paired pediments. Interior. Doric fluted columns in entrance hall. Three Louis Quinze revival fireplaces of the later C19. One circa 1740 fireplace with flanking Atlant Herms brought in, now in dining room. Early Victorian floral cornices throughout. Listing NGR: TQ5737351180

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Sources (1)

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 5737 5118 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SE
Civil Parish SHIPBOURNE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 11:31AM