Listed Building record TQ 84 SW 187 - FRITTENDEN STORES

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1932

Location

Grid reference TQ 8153 4123 (point)
Map sheet TQ84SW
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish FRITTENDEN, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FRITTENDEN BUCKHURST ROAD TQ 8041-8141 (north side)
13/6 Frittenden Stores and - Manchester House
GV II shop and house. Early C19. Tile hung on painted brick base. Plain tiled roof. The corner building of the block including the Bell and Jorrocks Public House (see item 13/7) the front elevation treated as a continuation of that facade, of 2 storeys, with hipped roof and stack to right. Single sash with vertical glazing bars on first floor, and projecting early C20 shop front on ground floor, with plate glass windows, valanced cornice and recessed central glazed window. Left return with tile hanging in part with fish scale tiles, the return elevations of the Stores and the adjoining Manchester House again treated as a single elevation, of 2 storeys, basement and hipped roof, with large tripartite sash to left and 3 glazing bar sashes on first floor and central sash on ground floor. Door of 6 panels to centre left with rectangular fanlight and moulded cornice on enriched consoles, at head of flight of 3 steps and half-landing with simple iron rails. Boarded door to left, at lower level, with rectangular fanlight and sidelights. Two basement openings to centre. Boarded gate and rectangular fanlight to passage attached at left. Manchester house, although structurally indistinguishable from the Stores, fronts onto the street and is therefore cross-referenced in this List under THE STREET, (south-east side), FRITTENDEN
Listing NGR: TQ8156641289


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