Building record TQ 55 SW 415 - Edenhurst, 54 Oakhill Road, Sevenoaks

Edenhurst is a large detached three storey Victorian house which has been divided into flats. It is built in yellow brick under tile, with a dentilled brick cornice under the eaves. All window heads have arched brick tops with decorative mouldings above. These are generally arranged in pairs on ground and first floors and as a single window in the gable ends. The front door is recessed into a large rectangular porch which has an arched entrance with ornamental keystone and white pilasters. The original entrance door has been moved to one side. To each side above the rectangular porch, are two small balconies with pierced brick parapets. Between them a gable end rises to the third floor, and to the right of that a four storey square tower with tiled roof. Towards the right hand side is another three storey gable and beyond that a collection of two storey domestic buildings, one of which has an added porch, built to match the rest. To the left of the front door is an elongated bay at first and second floor level which has a dentilled parapet and small dormer in its hipped roof. To the left of that is a further wing under hipped rooves. There are numerous blocks of chimneys with dentilled ornament and stringing. The rear view has a more homogeneous appearance and the architectural features are consistent with those of the front elevation. (1)

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