Listed Building record TQ 53 NW 87 - 1 AND 2 THE GREEN
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 5433 3919 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ53NW |
District | TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
Civil Parish | SPELDHURST, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON GREEN 7/482 Nos 1 and 2
GV II
Pair of small cottages. Early C19. Red-brown-coloured brick randomly bonded, tending towards Flemish bond; brick stack and chimneyshaft; slate roof.
Plan: Pair of contemporary cottages facing west north west, say west, onto The Green. Each is mirror-plan of the other. Each is one-room wide, 2-rooms deep with central staircase. Axial stack between serves back-to-back fireplaces. No 1 is the right (south) cottage. No 2 to left.
2 storeys. Secondary flat-roofed 2-storey service extensions to rear.
Exterior: Symmetrical front fenestration with 4 first floor windows with low segmental brick arches over, all C19 iron-framed casements with glazing bars. Ground floor level breaks forward a little (this is original) and each cottage has a single large window. No 2 has a plain casement with glazing bar and No 1 also has a casement with glazing bars but this one has a top arcade of Gothick glazing bars. Roof is gable-ended both ends. Both cottages have central doorways in the end walls giving direct entry into the front rooms. Both contain original plank doors with coverstrips and No 1 has a plain timber hood on shaped brackets.
Interiors: No exposed carpentry. Plain joinery. Roof not inspected.
According to the occupant of No 1 these cottages were built as gardener's cottages for Holmewood House (q.v.). They also form part of an attractive and varied group of listed buildings fronting onto The Green.
Listing NGR: TQ5433639197
English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
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- --- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Feb 19 2008 12:26PM