Listed Building record TQ 72 NE 76 - EAST HEATH

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1999

Location

Grid reference TQ 7624 2903 (point)
Map sheet TQ72NE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish HAWKHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HAWKHURST STREAM LANE TQ 72 NE (south side)
12/440 East Heath 20.6.67 GV II House. Late C18. Timber framed and weather-boarded on brick base with plain tiled roof. Two storeys with paired modillion eaves cornice to hipped roof with stacks to end left and to end right. Regular fenestration of 2 tripartite glazing bar sashes on each floor in moulded surrounds, with central glazing bar sash on first floor, and central door of 6 raised and fielded panels with traceried semi- circular fanlight and open pediment on Doric pilasters with entablature blocks. Three hipped rear wings (one a C20 extension) and exterior across inleft return to stone-lined cellars, possibly pre-dating the house. Interior: geometric stair with wreathed handrail and stick balusters on scrolled treads. Dado rail in main rooms, with enriched, swagged fire-surrounds with Neo-Classical motifs, and in an upper room, agricultural implements and swagged ears of wheat.
Listing NGR: TQ7624929040


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