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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 83 SE 171
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WESTFIELD HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1972 C18th house


Grid Reference:TQ 87910 33108
Map Sheet:TQ83SE
Parish:TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1700 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1071128: WESTFIELD HOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TQ 83 SE 10:
(TQ 87913311) Westfield House (NAT) (1) 1715 WEST CROSS (North Side) No 18 (Westfield House) TQ 8733 SE 2/64 8.5.50. II* 2. A large early C18 house, now subdivided. 2 storeys red brick with grey headers. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof and eaves cornice. Stringcourse. The east half of the house has casement windows, the west half sash windows with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with fluted pilasters and flat hood over. Modern addition at ground floor level only to the east. (2) Westfield House is a nice red-brick house of circa 1700 with a characteristically bold hipped roof. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 WEST CROSS (North Side)
No 18 (Westfield House) TQ 8733 SE 2/64 8.5.50.
II*
2. A large early C18 house, now subdivided. 2 storeys red brick with grey headers. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof and eaves cornice. Stringcourse. The east half of the house has casement windows, the west half sash windows with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with fluted pilasters and flat hood over. Modern addition at ground floor level only to the east. Listing NGR: TQ8790233120 (4)


<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.

<2> DOE (HHR) Boro of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 65 (OS Card Reference). SKE39896.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37951.

<4> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1971.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Boro of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 65.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22239 Listed building, ]