Bearsted House
Bearsted House, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone Kent, ME14 4EB
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Overview
TQ 85 NW
6/14
BEARSTED
THE GREEN (east side)
Bearsted House
(Formerly listed as Eylesden Court Preparatory School)
23.5.67
GV.
II
House, school at time of listing. Early C18. Rendered front, painted brick to sides with hipped plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with plinth, quoins and modillion eaves cornice. Three pedimented dormers, and brick ridge stack to left. Seven windows, two to left on both floors blocked and more widely spaced. Glazing bar sashes on first floor with raised panels below. Projecting C19 porch to right of centre, with Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment. Panelled door. Two-storey C18 and C19 wings to rear.
Interior: delicate early C18 staircase with early C18 panelled and corniced room to left on ground floor. Early C18 carved alcove head to left of stack in room to right.
On the Ordnance Survey map called Bearsted House.
Listing NGR: TQ8006555989
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1336249
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Bearsted House
- Statutory Address:
- Bearsted House, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone Kent, ME14 4EB
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1336249
- Date first listed:
- 23-May-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Bearsted House
- Statutory Address 1:
- Bearsted House, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone Kent, ME14 4EB
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:
- Bearsted House, The Green, Bearsted, Maidstone Kent, ME14 4EB
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Maidstone (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bearsted
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 80096 55773
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 November 2024 to amend the description due to change in building use and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 85 NW
6/14
BEARSTED
THE GREEN (east side)
Bearsted House
(Formerly listed as Eylesden Court Preparatory School)
23.5.67
GV.
II
House, school at time of listing. Early C18. Rendered front, painted brick to sides with hipped plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with plinth, quoins and modillion eaves cornice. Three pedimented dormers, and brick ridge stack to left. Seven windows, two to left on both floors blocked and more widely spaced. Glazing bar sashes on first floor with raised panels below. Projecting C19 porch to right of centre, with Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment. Panelled door. Two-storey C18 and C19 wings to rear.
Interior: delicate early C18 staircase with early C18 panelled and corniced room to left on ground floor. Early C18 carved alcove head to left of stack in room to right.
On the Ordnance Survey map called Bearsted House.
Listing NGR: TQ8006555989
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 26 November 2024 to amend the description due to change in building use and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 85 NW
6/14
BEARSTED
THE GREEN (east side)
Bearsted House
(Formerly listed as Eylesden Court Preparatory School)
23.5.67
GV.
II
House, school at time of listing. Early C18. Rendered front, painted brick to sides with hipped plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with plinth, quoins and modillion eaves cornice. Three pedimented dormers, and brick ridge stack to left. Seven windows, two to left on both floors blocked and more widely spaced. Glazing bar sashes on first floor with raised panels below. Projecting C19 porch to right of centre, with Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment. Panelled door. Two-storey C18 and C19 wings to rear.
Interior: delicate early C18 staircase with early C18 panelled and corniced room to left on ground floor. Early C18 carved alcove head to left of stack in room to right.
On the Ordnance Survey map called Bearsted House.
Listing NGR: TQ8006555989
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 173521
- 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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