Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 125 - 3 Calverley Park

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Two storey villa, L-shaped in plan, situated in Calverley Park. It was built as part of a residential and park scheme between 1828-1838.

Location

Grid reference TQ 58910 39435 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
CALVERLEY PARK 1, 1746 No 3 TQ 5839 SE 7/118 20.5.52. II* GV 2. An early Victorian villa. This house and No 4 are built of local stone cut to imitate bricks instead of large blocks and have a stone base and long and short quoins. L-shaped. 2 storeys and attics. Tiled roof with gable end to each wing and at the south end of the east front. Each gable has scalloped bargeboards and a chimney breast running up the centre, the north and west ones with a loop window within the chimney and the east one a cross ornament in it. One gabled dormer. 3 casements. Gabled porch with scalloped bargeboards. Nos 1 to 24 (consec) form a group with Keston Lodge and Victoria Lodge. Listing NGR: TQ5890939434 (1)

Description from record TQ 53 NE 15 :
(Sited to TQ 58923944 from OS 1:1250 1973) 1746 CALVERLEY PARK 2. The layout of Calverley Park and the individual houses in it were designed by Decimus Burton. The general design was made in 1828 and the houses were built during the next 10 years. The town planning of the estate is excellent but the houses vary considerably in style and quality. 1746 CALVERLEY PARK No 3 TQ 5839 SE 7/118 20.5.52 II* GV 2. An early Victorian villa. This house and No 4 are built of local stone cut to imitate bricks instead of large blocks and have a stone base and long and short quoins. L-shaped 2 storeys and attics. Tiled roof with gable end to each wing and at the south end of the east front. Each gable has scalloped bargeboards and a chimney breast running up the centre, the north and west ones with a loop window within the chimney and the east one a cross ornament in it. One gabled dormer. 3 casements. Gabled porch with scalloped bargeboards. (2) General description of villas in Calverley Park. (3)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 5, 7 (OS Card Reference). SKE41109.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 585 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37922.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #38289 Building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 5, 7.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 585 (J Newman).

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Record last edited

Mar 4 2021 9:24PM