Building record TQ 55 NW 473 - 23, Eardley Road, Sevenoaks

A pair of tall semi-detached villas built between 1870 and 1890. No 23 was originally called Tusculum Villa and was occupied in 1894 by H G Wells while writing the Time Machine. There is a blue plaque to that effect. There are recessed side entrances with semi circular headed doorways with shallow slated rooves above. Each property has canted bay windows with flat rooves and dentilled courses in contrasting brick above the upper windows and under eaves. Windows are original large pane sash windows. The gables each have a small sash window with an arched top, and both properties have elaborate carved bargeboards. (1)

<1> Sevenoaks District Council, Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets (Index). SKE53505.