Listed Building record TQ 85 NE 73 - HOLLINGBOURNE HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1798 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 8545 5598 (point)
Map sheet TQ85NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish HOLLINGBOURNE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HOLLINGBOURNE THE HILL TQ 85 NE (East Side)
2/162 Hollingbourne House
3.2.84 II
House. 1798 by Charles Beazley, with later C19 alterations. White-brick with slate roof. 2 storeys on brick plinth. Ashlar plat band. Projecting eaves with flat boxed soffits, continued across gables. Eaves and verges form pedimented gable ends; central section breaks forward in 2 stages, with slightly higher eaves. Hipped roof to inner break, pedimented gable to outer. Gable end stacks and 4 rear stacks. Small semi-circular window in central pediment gable. Regular 10-window front of recessed sashes: three 12-pane to each side range, two 8-pane to first break, flanking central break which has two 12-pane sashes. Eight 18-pane ground-floor sashes breaking plinth, and with gauged segmental heads. Ground floor of first break has 2 niches with recessed square panels above. All windows except those of first break formerly with Venetian shutters. Large round-arched window to ground floor of right gable end, with Gothick glazing and ogee-headed central panel. Panelled door with rectangular fanlight, in later C19 addition to rear, flanked by fluted Corinthian pilasters and with triangular pediment. Interior: only partly inspected. Geometrical staircase in central rear turret. Central ground-floor room with Soanian ceiling.
Listing NGR: TQ8545755990


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

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Record last edited

Sep 2 2009 12:12PM