Lodge at the Entrance to Sackville School
LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE TO SACKVILLE SCHOOL, LONDON ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248171
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Lodge at the Entrance to Sackville School
- Statutory Address:
- LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE TO SACKVILLE SCHOOL, LONDON ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-09-02
- Reference:
- IOE01/02141/28
- Rights:
- © Mr Michael James. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1248171
- Date first listed:
- 19-Feb-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Lodge at the Entrance to Sackville School
- Statutory Address 1:
- LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE TO SACKVILLE SCHOOL, LONDON ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- LODGE AT THE ENTRANCE TO SACKVILLE SCHOOL, LONDON ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Tonbridge and Malling (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Hildenborough
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 56475 48785
Details
TQ 54 NE
5/142
HILDENBOROUGH
LONDON ROAD (south west side)
Lodge at the entrance to Sackville School
GV
II
Lodge at the entrance to a former country house, called Foxbush, now Sackville
School. Probably 1866, contemporary with the house and designed by its
architect, G. Somers Clarke. Flemish bond brick with blue diapering, tile-
hung gables with bands of scalloped tiles; peg-tile roof; brick stack.
Vernacular Revival style.
Plan: Sited at the main entrance to Sackville School, overlooking the drive.
Overall L plan with a porch filling the angle between the 2 blocks; stack at
the junction between the 2 blocks.
Exterior: Single storey and attic. Gabled roof; stack with impressive row of
tall shafts with corbelled brick cornices. Asymmetrical 2-window north east
front, overlooking London Road, with a jettied gable to the left with a
pendant, a 5-light attic window and 1 1-light and 1 2-light ground floor
casement, the 2-light window with a chamfered stone mullion. To the right the
pyramidal porch roof is supported on brackets on timber posts, with moulded
capitals. Plank front door with strap hinges. The right return gable is
coved out, the coving with painted decoration, with a transomed 4-light bay
window to the ground floor. The attic storey of the rear elevation is jettied
and tile-hung. One first and one ground floor 3-light window, the ground
floor window with a high transom.
Interior: Not inspected.
A nicely-detailed building Group Value with Sackville School and listed
buildings on the London Road.
Listing NGR: TQ5647548785
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 179578
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 18:30:34.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.