Description

WEST MALLING

TQ6757 HIGH STREET
1156-0/2/60 No.124
01/08/52 Forsters

GV II

House. c1859 refronting of an early C18 house. Red brick with
grey headers, stuccoed to front elevation. Slate roof with red
brick chimneystacks. 2 storeys and attics 3 windows. Moulded
eaves cornice. 12-pane sashes with jalousies. Central doorcase
with cornice, pilasters and fretted panelled door, the top 2
panels glazed. Side elevation has deep stone rubble plinth.
L-wing to rear, the service wing is tile hung with alternate
plain and fishscale tiles. Front has attached early C19
forcourt railing on stone base with iron spear railings and
modern pedestrian gate.
Interior has fine early C18 staircase with 3 turned balusters
to each tread and scrolled tread ends. Right side ground floor
room has early C18 panelling with dado rail and 6-panelled
door. Left side ground floor room has tall 8-panelled door
which discloses only 6 panels to the hall. The staircase is
similar to the one at Bradbourne House, New Road, East Malling
(qv) which is of 1713-15 so that house is likely to be of
c1710-20. A large mahogany cupboard in an upstairs room may
retain 2 steps of a ladder staircase. Late C18 or early C19
attic staircase with turned newel. Series of early C18
2-panelled doors (1 with L-hinge and iron back for strongroom)
and late C18 6-panelled door. C18 open fireplace with keystone
to kitchen. Cellar has a late C16 or early C17 beam with
lamb's tongue stop and some chamfered floor joists which may
have been reused.

Listing NGR: TQ6795957635

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26512958

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Recommended Books

• 
  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)