Listed Building: BOWER LODGE (1266215)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 883, 11, 388
Date assigned 28 January 1987
Date last amended

Description

LOWER FANT ROAD 1. 5278 No. 10 (Bower Lodge) TQ 75 SE 11/388 II 2. House. Probable C17 3 bay lobby entrance house altered and extended early to mid C19 (before 1848 as auction catalogue refers to the property as "ornamentally built.ยจ) T shaped building of one storey and attic to front and 2 storeys to rear range. Front range rendered with incised ???es to imitate masonry on stone plinth. Peg tiled roof with end converted chimney stacks. Attic storey has 4 C19 gabled dormers with curved wooden bargeboards with pendants and finials. Ground floor has 3 windows, left side 4 light C20 casement with both top and bottom opening, right side sliding sashes with wooden jalousies. Off central C19 gabled porch with fretted bargeboards, wooden pendant and finial and wooden brackets with trefoil design above entrance. Porch has wooden seat and 4 panelled door, the top 2 panels glazed with frosted glass, and triangular fanlight above. End chimneystacks are square, the left hand with 2, the right hand with\ C19 octagonal chimney stack. C20 conservatory, on right hand side. T wing is rendered with lines to imitate masonry, slate roof and C19 casements. 2 storeys, 2 parallel ranges. One side has early C19 6 flush panelled door in wooden architrave and large iron door knocker. Other side has one sash to each floor with vertical glazing bays only. 2 chimney stacks with early C19 octagonal chimney pots. Interior has boxed in spine beam and plank door. Left end fireplace appears to be of C18 brickwork. Attached to the older range of the house is a one storey early C19 outbuilding probably originally a washhouse of red brick and ragstone with peg tiled roof. Listing NGR: TQ7519155001

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7519 5499 (point)
Map sheet TQ75SE
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 16 2006 1:22PM