Former Working Men's Club

The White House, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275664
Date first listed:: 29-Apr-1994
List Entry Name:: Former Working Men's Club
Statutory Address:: The White House, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE

Former Working Mans Club at Rolvenden — Uploaded by Trevor Hayman This photo may not represent the current condition of the site
View all

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.

There is a problem

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

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.

Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.

Date:: 2006-06-30
Reference:: IOE01/15782/32
Rights:: © Mr Peter Keeble. Source: Historic England Archive

Historic England Archive

Search over 1 million photographs and drawings from the 1850s to the present day using our images archive.

Find Photos

Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1275664
Date first listed:: 29-Apr-1994
List Entry Name:: Former Working Men's Club
Statutory Address 1:: The White House, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: The White House, Maytham Road, Rolvenden, TN17 4NE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Kent
District:: Ashford (District Authority)
Parish:: Rolvenden
National Grid Reference:: TQ 84759 31059

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 March 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ8431 18/10005

ROLVENDEN MAYTHAM ROAD The White House

(Formerly listed as Working Men's Club)

II

Working Men's Club. 1927-8 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for H J Tennant of the Great Maytham Estate. Kentish vernacular style. V-shaped block of one storey. Weatherboarded with hipped tiled roofs. Symmetrical composition, the central block having three casements (the centre four-light, the end three-light) with two half-glazed doors. On either side are projecting sections with hipped roofs, one casement and half-glazed door and a further projecting but set back wing of one bay with triple casement, terminating in hipped ends with brown brick external chimneystacks flanked by four-light casements. Left side elevation has three wedge-shaped buttresses. Flat-roofed extension added to right hand side. Brick flat-roofed 1960s extension to rear.

Simple interior with contemporary brick fireplace.

Included for rarity of type by Lutyens.

Listing NGR: TQ8475931059

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 411673
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.