Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 80 - ST MARTIN

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1985

Location

Grid reference TQ 5113 3906 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST ASHURST HILL, ASHURST
7/433 St Martin
GV II
House, now divided into flats. Early C19 with later C19 extensions to rear, refurbished and divided into flats circa 1980. Painted brick with stucco quoins; painted brick stacks and chimneyshafts; slate roof.
Plan: Main block faces south east towards the Church of St Martin (q.v.). It has a double depth plan. Central entrance hall and main staircase with front and back rooms each side heated by projecting gable-end stacks (most now disused). Former services and extensions to rear. Parallel block linked to rear of the main block by a short crosswing.
2 storeys with attic rooms in the roofspace and basements below rear blocks.
Exterior: Symmetrical 3- window front of C19 sash windows; 16-pane sashes to the outer bays and central first floor 12-pane sash. Central front doorway contains a 4-panel door with an overlight behind a stucco Tuscan porch with moulded entablature. Stucco quoins on the end corners and flat stucco band at first floor level. Plain eaves and main roof is gable-ended. Rear end extensions have various C19 and C20 windows but gable-ended rear block includes a number of sash windows with margin panes.
Interior: Not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ5113539060


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