The Almshouses
THE ALMSHOUSES, 9-19, HASTINGS ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254390
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1954
- List Entry Name:
- The Almshouses
- Statutory Address:
- THE ALMSHOUSES, 9-19, HASTINGS ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1254390
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1954
- List Entry Name:
- The Almshouses
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ALMSHOUSES, 9-19, HASTINGS 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:
- THE ALMSHOUSES, 9-19, HASTINGS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Tunbridge Wells (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Pembury
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 62601 40732
Details
TQ 62 40 PEMBURY HASTINGS ROAD
13/364 Nos 9-19 (odd), The Almshouses 20.10.54 GV II
Row of almshouses. A plaque is inscribed, "The Gift of Charles Amherst of Bayhill, Esq. 1716. Repaired by Earl Camden 1802", modernised 1967-68. Pebbledashed brick on exposed footings of coursed sandstone blocks. Stucco band and hoodmoulds. The end walls show exposed Flemish bond red brick with decorative burnt headers (including the flat band) which is possibly early C18 since the gables are built up with clearly later red brick. Brick stacks, maybe with stone bases, and brick chimneyshafts. Peg-tile roof.
Plan: Row of 6 contemporary one-room plan cottages facing south south west, say south, and numbering 9-19 (odd) from left (west) to right (east). Centre passage through a communal room in a bay projecting very slightly forward. Cottages each side (Nos 13 and 15) have axial stacks backing onto the cottages further each side. The end pairs of cottages (Nos 9 and 11), and Nos 17 and 19) have mirror plans either side of an axial stack serving back-to-back fireplaces. Each cottage has entrance hall and main stair the other end from the stack.
All cottages are 2 storeys with various C20 extensions to rear.
Exterior: Symmetrical 3:2:3-window front in a restrained Tudor Gothic style. All cottage windows have C20 casements with glazing bars, the ground floor ones with Tudor style hoodmoulds. Cottages have early C19 plank doors with coverstrips. The 2 cottage doorways each end have gabled hoods with open wavy bargeboards carried on curving timber brackets. Doorways to the centre 2 cottages are sheltered by the ends of a tiled pent roof supported on rustic posts across the front of the centre bay. Centre doorway (to the communal room) flanked by fixed pane windows containing rectangular panes of old leaded glass. First floor single light windows flank the inscribed sandstone datestone which is also carved with a coat of arms. This centre bay is gabled with ornamental open cusped bargeboards with large pendants. Main roof is gable-ended with similar (and more complete) bargeboards each end.
Interior: Only limited access was available at the time of this survey. Only C20 detail showed. No carpentry was exposed. Roof not inspected.
Listing NGR: TQ6260140732
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 437882
- 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.
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