Listed Building: HOLLINGBOURNE HOUSE (1025842)
| Grade | II | 
|---|---|
| Authority | |
| Volume/Map/Item | 1776, 2, 162 | 
| Date assigned | 03 February 1984 | 
| Date last amended | 
Description
                            HOLLINGBOURNE               THE HILL TQ 85 NE                                             (East Side)
2/162                                                Hollingbourne                                                      House
3.2.84                                               II
House.  1798 by Charles Beazley, with later C19 alterations.  White-brick with slate roof.  2 storeys on brick plinth.  Ashlar plat band.  Projecting eaves with flat boxed soffits, continued across gables.  Eaves and verges form pedimented gable ends; central section breaks forward in 2 stages, with slightly higher eaves.  Hipped roof to inner break, pedimented gable to outer. Gable end stacks and 4 rear stacks.  Small semi-circular window in central pediment gable.  Regular 10-window front of recessed sashes:  three 12-pane to each side range, two 8-pane to first break, flanking central break which has two 12-pane sashes.  Eight 18-pane ground-floor sashes breaking plinth, and with gauged segmental heads.  Ground floor of first break has 2 niches with recessed square panels above.  All windows except those of first break formerly with Venetian shutters.  Large round-arched window to ground floor of right gable end, with Gothick glazing and ogee-headed central panel. Panelled door with rectangular fanlight, in later C19 addition to rear, flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters and with triangular pediment. Interior:  only partly inspected.  Geometrical staircase in central rear turret.  Central ground-floor room with Soanian ceiling.
Listing NGR: TQ8545755990
                        
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
 
Location
| Grid reference | TQ 8545 5598 (point) | 
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TQ85NE | 
| Civil Parish | HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT | 
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Record last edited
Nov 16 2006 1:22PM