Listed Building record TQ 85 SE 183 - DOUGLAS ALMSHOUSES (SOUTH ROW)

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 8984 5223 (point)
Map sheet TQ85SE
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish LENHAM, MAIDSTONE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LENHAM FAVERSHAM ROAD TQ 8952 (west side)
10/150 Douglas Almshouses 7.5.71. (south Row) GV II Almshouses. Mid C19. Red brick, largely in header bond, with plain tile roof. Small area of banded plain and fishscale tile- hanging on first floor, to right of centre. At right-angles to road, forming south side of an unenclosed courtyard. 2 storeys. Projecting eaves with flat soffits. Brick ridge stack to each end of row. Irregular fenestration of 11 windows; seven 2-light horizontally-sliding sashes, three single-light casements and one 2-light casement. Ground-floor windows with segmental heads. 2 half-glazed doors with segmental head to communal staircases, one at left end and one off-centre to right beneath tile-hanging, with one blocked door between them and another towards right end. Mid-to-late C19 block parallel to road at east end. Interiors not inspected. See also Faversham Road, Douglas Almshouses, north row.
Listing NGR: TQ8984852237


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

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM