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Latitude: 51.1313 / 51°7'52"N
Longitude: 0.2044 / 0°12'15"E
OS Eastings: 554336
OS Northings: 139197
OS Grid: TQ543391
Mapcode National: GBR MPW.4G9
Mapcode Global: VHHQC.HTDN
Plus Code: 9F3246J3+GQ
Entry Name: 1 and 2, the Green
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1240368
English Heritage Legacy ID: 438780
ID on this website: 101240368
Location: Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Speldhurst
Built-Up Area: Royal Tunbridge Wells
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Langton Green All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
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TQ 53 NW SPELDHURST THE GREEN (east side), LANGTON
GREEN
7/482 Nos 1 and 2
GV II
Pair of small cottages. Early C19. Red-brown-coloured brick randomly bonded,
tending towards Flemish bond; brick stack and chimneyshaft; slate roof.
Plan: Pair of contemporary cottages facing west north west, say west, onto
The Green. Each is mirror-plan of the other. Each is one-room wide, 2-rooms
deep with central staircase. Axial stack between serves back-to-back
fireplaces. No 1 is the right (south) cottage. No 2 to left.
2 storeys. Secondary flat-roofed 2-storey service extensions to rear.
Exterior: Symmetrical front fenestration with 4 first floor windows with low
segmental brick arches over, all C19 iron-framed casements with glazing bars. Ground floor level breaks forward a little (this is original) and each cottage
has a single large window. No 2 has a plain casement with glazing bar and No
1 also has a casement with glazing bars but this one has a top arcade of
Gothick glazing bars. Roof is gable-ended both ends. Both cottages have
central doorways in the end walls giving direct entry into the front rooms.
Both contain original plank doors with coverstrips and No 1 has a plain timber
hood on shaped brackets.
Interiors: No exposed carpentry. Plain joinery. Roof not inspected.
According to the occupant of No 1 these cottages were built as gardener's
cottages for Holmewood House (q.v.). They also form part of an attractive and
varied group of listed buildings fronting onto The Green.
Listing NGR: TQ5433639197
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