Listed Building record TQ 83 SE 228 - EAST HILL HOUSE
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Location
Grid reference | TQ 88843 33656 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ83SE |
County | KENT |
District | ASHFORD, KENT |
Civil Parish | TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Full Description
Description from record TQ 83 SE 17:
(TQ 88843366) OS 1:2500 1971 1715 EAST HILL (North Side) No 3 (East Hill House) TQ 8833 1/127 8.5.50. Grade II* 2. C18. 3 storeys red brick. Hipped roof with wooden bracket eaves cornice. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact. In the centre of the 1st floor is a Venetian window with a moulded frieze and pointed divisions to the centre head. Above it is an unusual circular window with divisions like a catherine wheel. Wide doorcase up 6 steps with pilasters, large pediment, long rectangular fanlight and 4-panel moulded doorcase, the door being flanked on either side within the pilasters with narrow panelled strips. The side elevations are tile- hung. The interior has an C18 staircase with 3 balusters to each tread. (1) East Hill House. One of the best examples of 18th century Tenterden vernacular. Three storeys and five bays, tile-hung, the front of pink mathematical tiles. Up the middle of the facade, a wide doorway with a pediment decorated with little Gothic corbels, next a Venetian window with a moulded frieze and rusticated arch, and at the top of a round window whirling round like a mouchette wheel. (2)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 EAST HILL (North Side)
No 3 (East Hill House) TQ 8833 1/127 8.5.50.
II*
2. C18. 3 storeys red brick. Hipped roof with wooden bracket eaves cornice. 5 sashes with glazing bars intact. In the centre of the 1st floor is a Venetian window with a moulded frieze and pointed divisions to the centre head. Above it is an unusual circular window with divisions like a catherine wheel. Wide doorcase up b steps with pilasters, large pediment, long rectangular fanlight and 4-panel moulded doorcase, the door being flanked on either side within the pilasters with narrow panelled strips. The side elevations are tile-hung. The interior has an C18 staircase with 3 balusters to each tread. Listing NGR: TQ8884033659 (3)
<1> DOE (HHR) Boro of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 17 (OS Card Reference). SKE39893.
<2> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 565 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37950.
<3> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SKE39893 OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 17.
- <2> SKE37950 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 565 (J Newman).
- <3>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #21486 Listed building, ]
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Record last edited
Aug 23 2021 12:53PM