Listed Building record TQ 85 NE 73 - HOLLINGBOURNE HOUSE
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 8545 5598 (point) |
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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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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Sep 2 2009 12:12PM