Listed Building record TQ 73 SW 36 - THE LADY'S WELL, SPRING HEAD AT 721 342

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1964

Location

Grid reference TQ 7213 3414 (point)
Map sheet TQ73SW
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 BEDGEBURY PARK TQ 73 SW 9/82 'The Lady's Well', spring head at 721 342 - II Spring head and memorial. C18 or early C19. Sandstone ashlar with heavy slate roof. Paved surround to small square building, with 3 open arched sides, the moulded and keyed arches on imposts carried across the piers. Gabled roof with raised ridge. The spring rises up onto a platform within the building, and into a semi-circular basin at its foot. Inscription in gable on attached plaque record- ing the creation of the surrounding water garden in 1964 as memorial to Eileen Bickerstaff, Headmistress of Bedgebury School.
Listing NGR: TQ7209234380


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

Barbara Simms, 2009, The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Bedgebury Park (Unpublished document). SKE16072.

ep architects, 2013, Conservation Statement: Bedgebury Park, Nr. Goudhurst, Kent (Unpublished document). SKE25990.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Unpublished document: Barbara Simms. 2009. The Kent Compendium of Historic Parks and Gardens for Tunbridge Wells Borough:Bedgebury Park.
  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • --- Unpublished document: ep architects. 2013. Conservation Statement: Bedgebury Park, Nr. Goudhurst, Kent.

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Record last edited

Dec 5 2013 2:59PM