Description

TQ 75 NE BEARSTED YEOMAN LANE
(west side)

5/44 Garden House approx.
15 yards north of
Snowfield
II

Garden House. Circa 1911 by A.N. Prentice for Montagu Barstow
Esq., husband of Baroness Orczy. In an early C18 style.
Red and grey brick. Single storey with plinth at rear which
becomes platt-band to bottom of side elevation, quoins, moulded
wood cornice and panelled stone-coped parapet. 3 glazing-bar
sashes to north elevation and 2 to east with cement cills and
segmental heads with gauged brick voussoirs and cement-rendered
keystones. Red brick "chainage" between windows and plinth.
Stack at west end. South elevation, (towards house) has no
windows, and one central recessed panel with chequered red
and grey brick to parapet. Porch stretching almost whole
length of building, on four Doric columns carrying plain wooden
entablature with moulded cornice which is arched over the central
bay. East end glazed. Glazing at west end now filled in.
Central panelled door in moulded, recessed architrave with
triple keystone and panelled reveals. High standard of craftsman-
ship.

Listing NGR: TQ7974755915

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26480770

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
• 
  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments