Building record TQ 55 NW 633 - Nos. 5-7 (incl. 9 and 11), Park Lane, Sevenoaks

Nos. 5-7 Park Lane A pair of late Victorian semis, two storeys plus attics, built between 1890 and 1896, once originally known as Belle Vu and South View! They face onto the Vine but have road access from the back, in Park Lane. No 5 is a whole house, whereas No. 7 is now a top floor flat with nos. 9 and 11 below, the latter two being accessed from Park lane, and no 7 from the Vine. These share a large corner garden on the N.W. corner of the Vine. Built of uncoursed ragstone, highly decorated with red and yellow brick quoins and window and door surrounds and with fine, ornate cast iron garden gates. Steep-pitched roofs, No.5 in tile with decorative banding, No.7 in slate. Steps up to opposed doors with fanlights and sidelights recessed under semi-circular arched entrance, round-headed sash windows above. To L and R, three-storey slightly projecting gabled wings with ornate bargeboards and single sash window above two-storey canted bay windows having red brick heads and yellow brick surrounds. Timber sashes with horns. (1)

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