Listed Building record TQ 63 NE 201 - WALLED GARDEN AND SUMMERHOUSE ABOUT 50 METRES SOUTH EAST OF FINCHCOCKS

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1966

Location

Grid reference TQ 6995 3634 (point)
Map sheet TQ63NE
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish GOUDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
GOUDHURST FINCHCOCKS TQ 63 NE 4/170 Walled Garden and summerhouse about 50 metres south east of Finchcocks
GV II Walled garden. Early C19, summerhouse added mid C20. Red and blue brick. The walls, about 10 feet high with coping and plinth, enclose an area about 50 yards by 50 yards square, the corners ramped to attenuated piers. with simple doorways to centre of north and south walls, greenhouses attached to north wall. On the south-west exterior corner is a brick summerhouse, with plain tiled roof. single storey, with pyramidal roof in 2 pitches with finial. Open site with scrolled consoles to lintel; cornice to ceiling. Designed by Wellesley and Wills.
Listing NGR: TQ7003836457


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

Barbara Simms, 2008, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough: Finchcocks (Unpublished document). SKE16080.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barbara Simms. 2008. The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough: Finchcocks.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 10 2014 2:17PM