Listed Building record TQ 54 SE 150 - THE RECTORY INCLUDING FRONT BOUNDARY WALL

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 5534 4136 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SE
County KENT
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 55 41 SPELDHURST LANGTON ROAD, SPELDHURST
12/528 The Rectory including front boundary wall GV II
Former rectory. C17 origins, maybe even earlier, enlarged and rearranged in the mid/late C19. Ground floor is Flemish bond red brick with some burnt headers. Timber-framing above is hung with peg-tiles. Brick stacks with brick chimneyshafts, the front one with 3 tall divided diagonal shafts. Peg- tile roof.
Plan: Double depth plan house facing west. It is basically 2 rooms wide and 2 rooms deep heated by a series of axial stacks. The front left (north) room breaks forward a little and its roof runs from back to front. This section appears to be the C17 core of the building with a large axial stack in the angle with the main block. Main block has 2 roofs parallel with the front. Details of the layout and the extent (and date) of the older work cannot be described in detail without an internal inspection.
House is 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace.
Exterior: Attractive and irregular 1:1-window front of C19 and C20 windows, the right bay contains C20 casements with glazing bars. Left bay breaks forward and is gable-ended. Ground floor window is a C19 casement containing rectangular panes of leaded glass. First floor has a bay window with an unusual pattern of glazing bars, a tented roof and framed base containing a Gothic arcade pattern. Gable above contains a small arch-headed lancet. Front doorway in angle of front wings and has an unusual porch set at a diagonal angle. Inside there is a 3-sided canted brick porch with a pyramid roof and it contains a timber Tudor arch doorway and plank door with studded coverstrips. Second outer porch on plain posts with front hipped roof and gablet. Main roofs are gable-ended. The left (north) end has a 4-window front includes some attractive C19 casements with diagonal glazing bars and rear includes a couple of French windows in the same style.
Interior: Was not available for inspection at the time of this survey.
The narrow strip of ground along the front is enclosed by a C19 wall of coursed sandstone which returns a short distance round the left end.
There are a number of similar walls close by and these add to the character of the area in the vicinity of the Church of St Mary (q.v.) which includes a good group of listed buildings.
Listing NGR: TQ5534741369


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

Jan 29 2025 9:31AM