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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 65 NW 230
Type of record:Listed Building
Name:WEST HOUSE

Summary

Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1740 to 1780. West House - circa 1760


Grid Reference:TQ 61033 59117
Map Sheet:TQ65NW
Parish:WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT

Monument Types

  • HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1740 AD to 2050 AD)
Protected Status:Listed Building (II*) 1264616: WEST HOUSE

Full description

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Description from record TQ 65 NW 52 :
(TQ 61035912) West House (NAT) (1) TQ 6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. HIGH STREET 7/3 (north side) 1.8.52 West House GV II* House. Circa 1760. Red brick with moulded eaves, including small modillion frieze, to hipped plain tiled roof. 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-bay facade, with glazing bar sashes in white-painted reveals. Square 2nd floor windows. Central panelled door with panelled revals and flanked by Doric half-columns supporting triangular pediment. (2) West House, a broad, plain, red-brick mid Georgian front with a broad, plain doorcase. (3)

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ6059-6159 WROTHAM C.P. HIGH STREET 7/3 (north side) 1.8.52 West House GV II*
House. Circa 1760. Red brick with moulded eaves, including small modillion frieze, to hipped plain tiled roof. 3 storeys; symmetrical 3-bay facade, with glazing bar sashes in white-painted reveals. Square 2nd floor windows. Central panelled door with panelled revals and flanked by Doric half-columns supporting triangular pediment.
Listing NGR: TQ6103559118 (4)


<1> OS 1:2500 (OS Card Reference). SKE48196.

<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1984 31 (OS Card Reference). SKE40381.

<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 617 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37931.

<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.
<2>OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge & Malling Kent 1984 31.
<3>OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 617 (J Newman).
<4>XYMap: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36329 building, ]