Listed Building record TQ 53 NE 340 - 47 Church Road

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799. House & shop

Location

Grid reference TQ 58185 39437 (point)
Map sheet TQ53NE
County KENT
District TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT
Civil Parish ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
LONDON ROAD 1. l746 No 68 TQ 5839 SW 2/48 20.5.52 II* GV 2. Includes No 47 Church Road. A C18 house. No 47 Church Road was originally a factory and shop of Tunbridge Wells ware. A print of it shows Princess Victoria riding by on a donkey during her visit to Tunbridge Wells as a child. 3 storeys, the ground floor stuccoed, above tile hung. Hipped slate roof. 2 sashes facing London Road, 5 sashes facing Church Road with glazing bars intact. The 1st floor projects on 4 wooden Tuscan columns with dentilled cornice below the overhang. Plain doorcase with rectangular fanlight and 6 panel door in London Road. No 47 Church Road has a doorcase with pilasters, open pediment and semi-circular fanlight. No 68 form a group with Nos 31 to 47 (odd) Church Road. Listing NGR: TQ5818839437 (1)

Description from record TQ 53 NE 38 :
1746 LONDON ROAD No 68 TQ 5839 SW 2/48 20.5.52 II* GV (TQ 58183944 - OS 1:2500 1961 2. Includes No 47 Church Road. A C18 house. No 47 Church Road was originally a factory and shop of Tunbridge Wells ware. A print of it shows Princess Victoria riding by on a donkey during her visit to Tunbridge Wells as a child. 3 storeys, the ground floor stuccoed, above tile hung. Hipped slate roof. 2 sashes facing London Road, 5 sashes facing Church Road with glazing bars intact. The 1st floor projects on 4 wooden Tuscan columns with dentilled cornice below the overhang. Plain doorcase with rectangular fanlight and 6 panel door in London Road. No 47 Church Road has a doorcase with pilasters, open pediment and semi-circular fanlight. (2) Not mentioned in Buildings of England. (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 24,51 (OS Card Reference). SKE41382.

<3> Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent and the Weald 586 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37720.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #38720 Building, ]
  • <2> OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR)Dist of Tunbridge Wells Kent June 1974 24,51.
  • <3> OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng 1980 W Kent and the Weald 586 (J Newman).

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Record last edited

Mar 5 2021 12:12AM