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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 03 NE 126 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | NEWHOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1932. Early C18th with C17th core
| Grid Reference: | TR 0545 3996 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR03NE |
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| Parish: | MERSHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 2050 AD)
| Protected Status: | Listed Building (II*) 1276324: NEWHOUSE |
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Full description
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Description from record TR 03 NE 26 :
(TR 05453997) Newhouse (NAT) II Newhouse Kingsford Street This house was built in the C.18 probably by the Hughes family. 2s. and semi-basement. 7w. and 3 C.19 gabled dormers facing north east, 2w. and 2 similar dormers facing north-west. Red brick and grey headers. Brick stringcourse. Wooden modillion eaves cornice. Hipped tiled roof. Gl. bars intact. Doorway in moulded architrave surround with curved ped. over. Ground floor addition at south-east end of with 2 small oval ws. (1,2) New House, early 18th century, chequer brick with a uniform seven-bay to the north-east. (3) Newhouse. (Listed Grade II*) [Full archaeological description]. (4)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TR 03 NE MERSHAM THE STREET (east side)
7/157 Newhouse 13.10.52 GV II*
House. Early C18 with C17 core. Red and blue brick and ragstone, with plain tiled roof. Two storeys, attic and basement with ragstone plinth, plat band and moulded wooden modillion eaves cornice to hipped roof with 2 gabled and central segmental dormer and stacks to end left and to right. Regular fenestration of 7 glazing bar sashes on first floor and 6 on ground floor with 2 segmentally headed basement openings to left (with blank panel between them). Central glazed door with rectangular fanlight with moulded architrave and segmental pediment on console brackets and 4 moulded steps. Single storey extension to left with modillion eaves cornice and gauged oval windows (early C20?). Rear elevations: red brick in part in English bond, on ragstone plinth. Plinth, plat and brick eaves cornice to hipped roof with 3 gabled dormers. Lozenge-set stack to left and stacks to left and projecting at end right. Irregular fenestration of mixed glazing bar sashes and wooden casements. 8 bays in all, with central door of 4 panels in Doric pedimented doorcase. Panelling and contemporary staircase reported internally. bListing NGR: TR0545439967 (5)
<1> OS 1:2500 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48214.
<2> DOE(HHR) East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 41 (OS Card Reference). SKE41158.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 425 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37890.
<4> DOE (HHR) District of Ashford, 16 February 1989 (72) (OS Card Reference). SKE40477.
<5> 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 1972. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE(HHR) East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 41. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 425 (J Newman). |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) District of Ashford, 16 February 1989 (72). |
| <5>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #22068 Listed Building, ] |
