Tresco Lodge and the Porch
TRESCO LODGE AND THE PORCH, SPENCER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390065
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-2002
- List Entry Name:
- Tresco Lodge and the Porch
- Statutory Address:
- TRESCO LODGE AND THE PORCH, SPENCER ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390065
- Date first listed:
- 08-May-2002
- List Entry Name:
- Tresco Lodge and the Porch
- Statutory Address 1:
- TRESCO LODGE AND THE PORCH, SPENCER 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:
- TRESCO LODGE AND THE PORCH, SPENCER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Kent
- District:
- Thanet (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Birchington
- National Grid Reference:
- TR 30221 69783
Details
878/0/10029
BIRCHINGTON
SPENCER ROAD
Tresco Lodge and The Porch
08-MAY-02
GV
II
Built as a pair of stables with servants quarters above, now a pair of houses. Built c1882, Architect John Pollard Seddon with sgraffito panels executed by the sculptor George Frampton.
Ground floor yellow brick , first floor timber framed with plastered infill. Half-hipped pantiled roof with part terracotta chimneystack. Two storeys: three windows to sides, two to front. Some original casements with glazing bars to upper parts, some replacement windows. The porch retains an original opening at first floor level. Tresco Lodge has a C20 lean-to extension to the side with pantiled roof, C20 metal-framed French windows and flat roofed porch to front.
The Porch has a C20 five-light bay to ground floor, a large flat-roofed C20 extension to ground floor and set back entrance flanked by sidelights and columns. The principal external feature is a series of sgraffito panels of cherubs undertaking Kentish games and pastimes.
INTERIOR: Tresco Lodge retains original staircase with stick balusters, plank dado panelling and four panelled doors. The Porch was not inspected internally but is not thought to retain original internal fittings.
HISTORY: These are two of five stables with servants accommodation above built to serve John Pollard Seddon's Tower Bungalows. The sgraffito panels may have been made in Frampton's studio and assembled on site. The subject matter includes skaters, a blacksmith with anvil and horseshoes, cherubs pulling a chariot, sailing ships etc. There are very few examples in England of sgraffito work and these examples at Birchington are thought to be the only examples executed by George Frampton.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 489018
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Lamb, J, Sgraffito in England 1600 to 1950, (1998)
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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