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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 NE 230 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | QUINTAIN HOUSE |
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Summary
Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1680 to 1999. 18thc and later house
| Grid Reference: | TQ 65713 57317 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65NE |
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| Parish: | OFFHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- SITE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1680 AD to 1999 AD)
Full description
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Description from record TQ 65 NE 30 :
(TQ 65695731) Quintain House (NAT) (1) TQ 6457-6557 OFFHAM TESTON ROAD (north side) 8/2 1.8.52 Quintain House GV II* House. Circa 1700. Red brick with blue headers and red quoins and dressings. Red brick plinth and moulded brick band. Heavy projecting eaves with plaster cove to steep hipped plain tiled roof with 2 pedimented dormers. Tall end projecting brick stacks. 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 5 window front, glazing bar sashes with open boxes in surrounds with flat arched heads of rubbed headers. Grooved panels above ground-floor windows probably inserted in C19, at same time as porch. Central dripstone. 2-storey C20 additions at rear in same style. (2) Quintain House. On the north side of Offham village green, a handsome five-bay, two storey, hipped roofed house of c.1700. Chequered red and blue brick, with a deep eaves core. (3)
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ6457-6557 OFFHAM TESTON ROAD 8/2 (north side) 1.8.52 Quintain House GV II*
House. Circa 1700. Red brick with blue headers and red quoins and dressings. Red brick plinth and moulded brick band. Heavy projecting eaves with plaster cove to steep hipped plain tiled roof with 2 pedimented dormers. Tall end projecting brick stacks. 2 storeys and attic; symmetrical 5 window front, glazing bar sashes with open boxes in surrounds with flat arched heads of rubbed headers. Grooved panels above ground-floor windows probably inserted in C19, at same time as porch. Central projecting brick porch with half-glazed and panelled door and square-headed dripstone. 2-storey C20 additions at rear in same style.
Listing NGR: TQ6571357317 (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1978 (OS Card Reference). SKE48221.
<2> DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge and Malling Kent May 1984 9 (OS Card Reference). SKE40413.
<3> Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 441 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE37895.
<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 1978. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: DOE (HHR) Dist of Tonbridge and Malling Kent May 1984 9. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Bldgs of Eng W Kent & the Weald 1980 441 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #36350 Building, ] |
