Listed Building record TQ 56 SW 178 - DUNSTALL PRIORY

Summary

Grade II listed building. Small mansion built circa 1810 and designed by Lugar, a contemporary of John Nash. The house consists of a round tower, with a conical slate roof, adjacent to the irregular-shaped two-storey main structure. The elevations are of stucco with incised lines, imitating stone courses, the projecting eaves have a plastered soffit and the roofs are of Welsh slate.

Location

Grid reference TQ 5290 6186 (point)
Map sheet TQ56SW
County KENT
Civil Parish SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT
District SEVENOAKS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5280 SHOREHAM SHOREHAM Shoreham Road (East Side)
Dunstall Priory TQ 5261 31/1219 10.9.54.
II
2. This small mansion was built about 1810 by an architect called Lugar, a contemporary of John Nash, and is very similar in design to a number of houses built by Nash such as Cronkhill near Shrewsbury or Sandridge in Devon. Dunstall Priory is typical of the Rural Palladian style combining the simplest classical shape with varied planning and picturesque silhouette. The chief feature of the house is a round tower with conical slate roof and irregular-shaped 2-storey main structure adjacent. Elevations of stucco with incised lines in imitation of stone courses, projecting eaves with plastered soffit and Welsh slate roof. Round-headed sash windows and French casements on ground floor with canopied verandah. The interior plan is interesting with Regency bowed room formed in the base of the tower. Dunstall Priory was the house of the late Lord Dunsany.
Listing NGR: TQ5290761867 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF103300 DUNSTALL PRIORY, SHOREHAM ROAD, SHOREHAM


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)

Record last edited

Oct 20 2025 12:12PM