Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 176 - 72 LONDON ROAD

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832. Early nineteenth century villa

Location

Grid reference TQ 58207 39503 (point)
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 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36938 building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 52.
  • <3> 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