Listed Building record TQ 54 SE 170 - PACKS IN THE WOOD

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1667 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 5936 4055 (point)
Map sheet TQ54SE
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
The following building shall be added to the list: TUNBRIDGE WELLS HILBERT ROAD TQ 54 SE 11/230 Packs in the Wood II Farmhouse, now house. Late C17; mid C19 rear outshut. Timber frame, rendered to front and rear and tile-hung to sides, set on tall colour-washed brick plinth; old plain tile roof, gabled to right and half-hipped with gablet to left; brick lean-to with old tile roof to rear; brick ridge stack and right end stack. 2-unit lobby-entry plan. 2 storeys; 2-window range. Bracketed flat hood over C20 plank door; flat rendered arches over C20 2 and 3-light case- ments. Plank door to rear outshut. Interior: exposed timber frame and cham- fered beams; room to left has chamfered bressummer over open fireplace; late C17 clasped-purlin roof with straight windbraces and of slight scantling, has queen-post trusses flanking central stack. History: probably built soon after it was leased to John Pack in 1686.
Listing NGR: TQ5936440559

A heritage statement was completed in December 2019 prior to planned refurbishment. (2)


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

<2> Alan J Legg, 2019, Packs in the Wood, Hilbert Road, Tunbridge Wells, Heritage Statement (Unpublished document). SKE53600.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Alan J Legg. 2019. Packs in the Wood, Hilbert Road, Tunbridge Wells, Heritage Statement.

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Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Packs in the Wood, Hilbert Road, Tunbridge Wells, Heritage Statement (Ref: December 2019) (EKE20116)

Record last edited

Jan 6 2023 12:36PM