(TQ 87713306) Westwell (NAT) (1) 1715 ROLVENDEN ROAD (North Side) Westwell TQ 8733 SE 2/116 8.5.50. II* 2. A large square mansion dated 1711. 2 storeys and attic red brick. Roof has 4 gabled dormers and 4 high brick chimneys symmetrically placed. Panelled brick parapet. Long and short stone quoins. Stone architraves and keystones over ground floor windows. Stone cornice above 1st floor with broken pediment above the central window and the date in the tympanum, 7 tall narrow windows and 2 oval windows on the 1st floor. Doorcase with fluted pilasters, rectangular fanlight, large flat hood over it supported on carved brackets and a 6-panel moulded door. On the east side is another doorcase with a high rectangular fanlight, large pediment-shaped hood and a 6-panel moulded door. This side has 4 windows and 3 dormers. The interior has a staircase with 3 twisted balusters to each step. (2) Westwell, Tenterden, the best house in the town, bearing the prominent date 1711. Rainwater heads on the east side dated 1718. Seven bays by four. Architectural description. (3)

Description from record TQ 83 SE 106:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 ROLVENDEN ROAD (North Side)
Westwell TQ 8733 SE 2/116 8.5.50.
II*
2. A large square mansion dated 1711. 2 storeys and attic red brick. Roof has 4 gabled dormers and 4 high brick chimneys symmetrically placed. Panelled brick parapet. Long and short stone quoins. Stone architraves and keystones over ground floor windows. Stone cornice above 1st floor With a broken pediment above the central window and the date in the tympanum, 7 tall narrow windows and 2 oval windows on the 1st floor. Doorcase with fluted pilasters, rectangular fanlight, large flat hood over it supported on carved brackets and a 6-panel moulded door. On the east side is another doorcase with a high rectangular fanlight, large pediment-shaped hood and a 6-panel moulded door. This side has 4 windows and 3 dormers. The interior has a staircase with 3 twisted balusters to each step. Listing NGR: TQ8771033064 (4)

<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.

<2> DOE (HHR) of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 50 (OS Card Reference). SKE40606.

<3> Blds of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38182.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.