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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 83 SE 13 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Westwell |
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Summary
C18th mansion Grade II* listed building. Large square red brick mansion dated 1711, of two storeys and attic.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 87710 33063 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ83SE |
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| Parish: | TENTERDEN, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- COUNTRY HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1711 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1071156: WESTWELL |
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Full description
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(TQ 87713306) Westwell (NAT) (1) 1715 ROLVENDEN ROAD (North Side) Westwell TQ 8733 SE 2/116 8.5.50. II* 2. A large square mansion dated 1711. 2 storeys and attic red brick. Roof has 4 gabled dormers and 4 high brick chimneys symmetrically placed. Panelled brick parapet. Long and short stone quoins. Stone architraves and keystones over ground floor windows. Stone cornice above 1st floor with broken pediment above the central window and the date in the tympanum, 7 tall narrow windows and 2 oval windows on the 1st floor. Doorcase with fluted pilasters, rectangular fanlight, large flat hood over it supported on carved brackets and a 6-panel moulded door. On the east side is another doorcase with a high rectangular fanlight, large pediment-shaped hood and a 6-panel moulded door. This side has 4 windows and 3 dormers. The interior has a staircase with 3 twisted balusters to each step. (2) Westwell, Tenterden, the best house in the town, bearing the prominent date 1711. Rainwater heads on the east side dated 1718. Seven bays by four. Architectural description. (3)
Description from record TQ 83 SE 106:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 1715 ROLVENDEN ROAD (North Side)
Westwell TQ 8733 SE 2/116 8.5.50.
II*
2. A large square mansion dated 1711. 2 storeys and attic red brick. Roof has 4 gabled dormers and 4 high brick chimneys symmetrically placed. Panelled brick parapet. Long and short stone quoins. Stone architraves and keystones over ground floor windows. Stone cornice above 1st floor With a broken pediment above the central window and the date in the tympanum, 7 tall narrow windows and 2 oval windows on the 1st floor. Doorcase with fluted pilasters, rectangular fanlight, large flat hood over it supported on carved brackets and a 6-panel moulded door. On the east side is another doorcase with a high rectangular fanlight, large pediment-shaped hood and a 6-panel moulded door. This side has 4 windows and 3 dormers. The interior has a staircase with 3 twisted balusters to each step. Listing NGR: TQ8771033064 (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.
<2> DOE (HHR) of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 50 (OS Card Reference). SKE40606.
<3> Blds of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38182.
<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) of Tenterden, Kent June 1972 50. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Blds of Eng W Kent & the Weald 2nd Ed 1980 566 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #27011 Listed building, ] |
