Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 176 - 72 LONDON ROAD
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 58207 39503 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ53NE |
County | KENT |
District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. LONDON ROAD 1746 No 72 TQ 5839 SW 2/50 20.5.52 TQ 5839 NW 3/50 II* GV 2. An elegant early C19 villa. 3 storeys and semi-basement with area fronted with painted wood grooved in imitation of masonry. Hipped slate roof. Eaves cornice. 3 sashes with glazing bars mostly intact. Wooden balcony with hood and trellised canopy on 1st floor. Beneath the balcony is a porch with fluted columns approached by six steps with handrail. Segmental fanlight but modern door. Nos 69 to 73 (consec) form a group. Listing NGR: TQ5821439505 (1)
Description from record TQ 53 NE 39 :
1746 LONDON ROAD No 72 TQ 5839 SW 2/50 20.5.52 TQ 5839 NW 3/50 II* GV (TQ 58213950 - OS 1:2500 1961) 2. An elegant early C19 villa. 3 storeys and semi-basement with area fronted with painted wood grooved in imitation of masonry. Hipped slate roof. Eaves cornice. 3 sashes wirth glazing bars mostly intact. Wooden balcony with hood and trellised canopy on 1st floor. Beneath the balcony is a porch with fluted columns approached by six steps with handrail. Segmental fanlight but modern door. (2) No 72 London Road, weatherboarded with a chinesey balcony propped on the Greek Doric columns of the porch, is early 19th century. (3)
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 52 (OS Card Reference). SKE41386.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 586-7 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38021.
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1>XY SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36938 building, ]
- <2> SKE41386 OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 52.
- <3> SKE38021 OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent and the Weald 1980 586-7 (J Newman).
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2021 12:19AM