Listed Building record TQ 54 SW 127 - CULVER HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1859

Location

Grid reference TQ 5233 4436 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SW
Civil Parish PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST Penshurst Road (West Side)
Hammertower. Hammerfield. Culver House. Hammerfield Cottage. TQ 5244 22/842
II
2. Earlier C19 house converted and extended in 1859 by George Devey for Sir James Nasmyth, the astronomer, engineer and inventor of the steam hammer. Now divided into 4 residences. Hammerfield Cottage, at the west end, was the former observatory and workshop, the other dwellings form the original house. Entrance front of 2 storeys, 5 windows, with projecting, gabled, porch section, and octagonal tower with ogee leaded roof. Irregular building typical of Devey's style, with large-diapered brickwork and gables with ball finials. Garden front shows 5 different bargeboarded gables, mostly half timbered, with brick or plaster filling; and some tile hanging. Large mullioned and transomed windows, some of wood and some of stone. Terrace with low balustrade.
Listing NGR: TQ5231144359


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

Jun 8 2011 4:27PM