Description

SOUTHWARK

TQ3376 LYNDHURST WAY
636-1/11/505 (West side)
Nos.68, 70 AND 72
Penshurst Place

GV II

3 houses. 1830-1850. Brick in Flemish bond with stucco facing
to basement and stucco dressings. Roofs of slate. Gothic
Revival style.
EXTERIOR: 2-storey recessed entrance ranges with 3-storey
gable facing insets; 2-storey carriage house to north of
No.72. 2 windows each and one-window range to carriage house.
All openings are flat-arched.
Entrance up flight of steps set within porch entered by a
Tudor diaphragm arch, simply chamfered, with Gothic coping to
parapet. To the right is a gable-facing range, a rectangular
bay to basement and ground floor; the ground-floor French
doors are fronted by a pierced Gothic parapet, enclosing a
shallow porch; simple glacis roof to bay of all except for
No.72, where a C20 tile roof has replaced the original. The
French doors have casements of an original design: 1 pane
transoms over each 3-pane door, all with margin lights.
Quoins to corners of end units and 3-storey insets which have
gable kneelers and coping. All 1st-floor windows above the
entrance are 2-light with original 6x6 glazing with 4-light
transoms; all 1st-floor windows in the gable ranges are
3-light with mullions and transoms of original design; all
windows to 1st and 2nd floors with flush architraves and
chamfered jambs.
Carriage house has late C19 or early C20 doors with a entrance
to the left set in a 4-centred Tudor arch; 3-light windows
above. Stacks to party walls.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
The units form a group with Nos 74-78 (even) (qqv).

Listing NGR: TQ3383476417

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26665452

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Recommended Books

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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)