Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 186 - GILBRALTAR COTTAGE AND ROCKLEA

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1808 to 1848

Location

Grid reference TQ 5810 3953 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

872/3/65 THE COMMON
20-JAN-71 THE COMMON
Gilbraltar Cottage and Rocklea
(Formerly listed as:
THE COMMON
THE COMMON
GIBRALTAR COTTAGE)
II
House, now subdivided. Circa 1828. Designed by Decimus Burton. An irregular shaped house of cottage Gothic style. 2 storeys, the south west front is stuccoed, the south east front is faced with weather-boarding. 4 windows facing south east and 4 windows facing south west. Stringcourse. The south-west front has 4 gables with scalloped bargeboards and its glazing bars intact. The south east front has 2 similar gables but beneath them 2 bays of 3 windows each have been built out on both floors. Glazing bars intact on 1st floor. French windows below. The north corner of the house has been made into a separate house called "Rocklea" with C20 windows.
Listing NGR: TQ5810539536


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