Listed Building record TQ 65 NE 195 - THE LOBSTER POT

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 68161 57798 (point)
Map sheet TQ65NE
District TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT
Civil Parish WEST MALLING, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
WEST MALLING
TQ6857 SWAN STREET 1156-0/3/14 0 No.47 01/08/52 The Lobster Pot (Formerly Listed as: SWAN STREET The Kent Arms Public House)
GV II
Restaurant. C18 extended and front altered in mid-C19. Stuccoed with incised lines to imitate masonry. Old tiled roof in 3 hips 2 storeys. 3 windows to Swan Street, 2 storeys and attics 1 window to Police Station Road. Mid-C19 sashes with moulded surrounds and brackets below. Eared and footed architraves to ground floor windows. Plinth. Rear wing has 2 16-pane sashes.
Listing NGR: TQ6816557808 (1)

The former Lobster Pot public house, which is included in the proposed development, is a
grade II listed eighteenth-century building (TQ 65 NE 195/1219157), modified and
extended in the mid-nineteenth century. The building is stuccoed with incised lines to
imitate masonry, with a peg-tile roof and mid-Victorian sash windows. It was first
mapped as a public house on the 1908 25-inch Ordnance Survey map and was
formerly known as the Kent Arms (2)


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

<2> Canterbury Archaeological Trust, 2016, The Lobster Pot, Swan Street, West Malling. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Report (Unpublished document). SKE31681.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Canterbury Archaeological Trust. 2016. The Lobster Pot, Swan Street, West Malling. Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment Report.

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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Desk Based assessment of The Lobster Pot, Swan Street, West Malling. (Ref: 2016/27) (EKE15411)

Record last edited

Apr 4 2017 10:24AM