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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 16 NE 25 |
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| Type of record: | Listed Building |
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| Name: | Underdown House (18th c), Herne Bay |
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Summary
Underdown House (18th c) Grade II* listed building. Main construction periods 1600 to 1799
| Grid Reference: | TR 1787 6695 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR16NE |
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| Parish: | HERNE BAY, CANTERBURY, KENT |
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Monument Types
- HOUSE (Post Medieval to Modern - 1600 AD to 2050 AD)
Full description
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(TR 1787 6696) Underdown [NAT] (1) Underdown House, Underdown Lane, Eddington. Grade II*. Fine L-shaped house. The back or west-wing is the oldest part and is C17. The front was added in C18. 2 storeys and attics brown brick with red brick dressings. Hipped tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers. Cornice and parapet. 5 windows. The back windows on the W side and at the W end ofthe S front are the original casement windows, with small square leaded panes, but the windows of the main front facing E are sash windows with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with fluted Doric pilasters, triglyph frieze, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 fielded panels. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)
Description from record TR 16 NE 1118:
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5273 UNDERDOWN LANE Eddington
Underdown House TR 16 NE 6/72 29.9.51.
II* GV
2. Fine L-ahaged house. The back or west wing is the oldest part and is C17. The front was added in C18. 2 storeys and attics brown brick with red brick dressings. Hipped tiled roof with 2 hipped dormers. Cornice and parapet. 5 windows. The back windows on the west side and at the west end of the south front are the original casement windows, with small square leaded panes, but the window of the main front facing east are sash windows with glazing bars intact. Doorcase with fluted Doric pilasters, triglyph frieze, pediment, semi-circular fanlight and door of 6 fielded panels.
All the items at Underdown House form a group.
Listing NGR: TR1787866959 (4)
<1> OS 1:2500 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48213.
<2> DOE(HHR) Dist of Canterbury Kent May 1974 39 (OS Card Reference). SKE40897.
<3> BOE NE and E Kent 1983 351 (J Newman) (OS Card Reference). SKE38236.
<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 Canterbury Kent May 1974 39. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: BOE NE and E Kent 1983 351 (J Newman). |
| <4>XY | Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #44154 Listed Building, ] |
