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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 SE 25 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Westbere House (E19th c) |
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Summary
Westbere House (E19th c) Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1780 to 1820. An L-shaped house which was built circa 1800. It is of two storeys with an attic and is of painted brick with slate roof.
| Grid Reference: | TR 1925 6103 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16SE |
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| Parish: | WESTBERE, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1780 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TR 1925 6104) Westbere House [NAT] (1) Westbere House, Westbere Lane (N side),Westbere. Grade II*. An L- shaped house of circa 1800. Two storeys and attics painted brick the ground floor covered with wistaria and other climbing plants. Mansarded slate roof with 3 dormers and parapet. Enriched frieze with swags. Five sashes with glazing bars intact. The first floor windows have Venetian shutters. Doorcase up 2 steps with engaged Ionic columns, enriched freize, pediments, elliptical fanlight and double doors of 6 moulded and fielded panels. The E and W fronts are splayed and the W front has 2 bays of 3 windows on both ground and first floors. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)
Description from record TR 16 SE 171:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 WESTBERE WESTBERE LANE (north side)
Westbere House TR 1961 33/660 29.9.52
II* GV
2. An L-shaped house of circa 1800. Two storeys and attics painted brick the ground floor covered with wistaria and other climbing plants. Mansarded slate roof with 3 dormers and parapet. Enriched frieze with swags. Five sashes with glazing bars intact. The first floor windows have Venetian shutters. Doorcase up 2 steps with engaged Ionic dolumns, enriched frieze, pediments, elliptical fanlight and double doors of 6 moulded and fielded panels. The east and west fronts are splayed and the west front has 2 bays of 3 windows on both ground and first floors. The interior contains C18 marble fireplaces and staircase with 2 twisted balusters to each tread. The house was at one time owned by the writer Joseph Conrad. Listing NGR: TR1925461036 (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.
<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 229 (OS Card Reference). SKE40910.
<3> BOE NE and E Kent 1983 491 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38253.
<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) Dist of City of Canterbury Kent Mar 1980 229. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: BOE NE and E Kent 1983 491 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #44237 Listed Building, ] |
