Building record TQ 55 SW 329 - 50,52, London Road, Sevenoaks

Summary

Commercial building. Main construction : 1880 to 1890. Designated a Locally Listed Building by Sevenoaks District Council

Location

Grid reference TQ 5293 5478 (point)
Map sheet TQ55SW
County KENT
Civil Parish SEVENOAKS, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Two semi-detached premises constituting an attractive substantial free-standing Victorian building on three floors in yellow facing brick below a shallow pitched modern replacement slate roof. The building's imposing size, the early Victorian pilasters and mouldings and the shop fronts to London Road, contribute scale and proportion and allow the building to act as a "stop end" to the street frontage, while holding its own in relation to the Marks & Spencer building to the North. Built in the 1880s, this was originally harness and saddlers with various ownership. After the Second World War, No. 50  became a footwear shop, a travel showroom until 1960, then a fabrics shop and currently Leicht Kitchen fittings. No. 52 morphed into an opticians in 1939, then Age Concern in the 1990s and now Hudson flooring. (1)


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

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  • <1> Index: Sevenoaks District Council. Sevenoaks District Council Local List of Heritage Assets.

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Record last edited

Sep 12 2020 1:19PM