Listed Building: GARDEN HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15 YARDS NORTH OF SNOWFIELD (1185453)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 144, 5, 44
Date assigned 20 July 1984
Date last amended

Description

TQ 75 NE BEARSTED YEOMAN LANE (west side) 5/44 Garden House approx. 15 yards north of Snowfield II Garden House. Circa 1911 by A.N. Prentice for Montagu Barstow Esq., husband of Baroness Orczy. In an early C18 style. Red and grey brick. Single storey with plinth at rear which becomes platt-band to bottom of side elevation, quoins, moulded wood cornice and panelled stone-coped parapet. 3 glazing-bar sashes to north elevation and 2 to east with cement cills and segmental heads with gauged brick voussoirs and cement-rendered keystones. Red brick "chainage" between windows and plinth. Stack at west end. South elevation, (towards house) has no windows, and one central recessed panel with chequered red and grey brick to parapet. Porch stretching almost whole length of building, on four Doric columns carrying plain wooden entablature with moulded cornice which is arched over the central bay. East end glazed. Glazing at west end now filled in. Central panelled door in moulded, recessed architrave with triple keystone and panelled reveals. High standard of craftsman- ship. Listing NGR: TQ7974755915

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7977 5594 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
Civil Parish BEARSTED, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM