History in Structure

Little Oaklands Oaklands House Oaklands House and Little Oaklands Including Front Boundary Railings

A Grade II Listed Building in Speldhurst, Kent

More Photos »
Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1313 / 51°7'52"N

Longitude: 0.213 / 0°12'46"E

OS Eastings: 554940

OS Northings: 139225

OS Grid: TQ549392

Mapcode National: GBR MPQ.STS

Mapcode Global: VHHQC.MTZL

Plus Code: 9F3246J7+G6

Entry Name: Little Oaklands Oaklands House Oaklands House and Little Oaklands Including Front Boundary Railings

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1240717

English Heritage Legacy ID: 439229

ID on this website: 101240717

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

Tagged with: Architectural structure

Find accommodation in
Southborough

Description


TQ 53 NE SPELDHURST LANGTON ROAD (north side),
LANGTON GREEN
8/524 Oaklands House and Little
Oaklands including front
boundary railings
II


House divided into 2 with railings fronting Langton Road. Circa mid C19.
Stuccoed with a slate roof with lead rolls; stuccoed chimney shafts.
Classical revival.

Plan: South facing and slightly set back from the road. The main block
(Oaklands House) is rectangular, double depth on plan, 2 rooms wide with an
entrance on the east side into a stair hall. Rear right (north east) wing
(Little Oaklands), probably 3 rooms on plan, may be the original service wing.
C20 infill in the angle between the 2 properties.

Exterior: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 4-bay front with rusticated quoins, a
hipped roof and projecting left and right stacks; the shafts with deeply-
projecting moulded cornices on brackets. Deep eaves on scrolled, fluted eaves
brackets; moulded string at first floor level with an egg-and-dart frieze.
The tall ground floor windows have projecting hoods of segmental pediments
carried on consoles with acanthus decoration. Below the hoods a frieze of
patterned encaustic tiles; moulded sills carried on moulded brackets; windows
glazed with horned 2-pane sashes with vertical margin glazing. The first
floor windows have eared and shouldered architraves and similar glazing.
Asymmetrical 3-bay east elevation with a flat-roofed Doric porch with an
entablature and square corner piers, the doorway on the south side with a
part-glazed 4-panel door. The east return of the porch has an arch-headed
window. To the right a shallow stair projection contains a round-headed sash
window with margin panes. Little Oaklands has been rewindowed with aluminium
windows.

Interior: Access unobtainable at time of survey but may preserve original
features.

Boundary railings to the front (south) of Oaklands House are flanked by 2
gateways. The gateway piers are stuccoed, square on plan with moulded
cornices and flattened pyramidal caps. The railings curve outwards from the
inner piers, on a stuccoed brick base with a brick cornice. The railing
verticals are round on plan with elaborate fleur de lis finials.


Listing NGR: TQ5494039225

External Links

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

Other nearby listed buildings

BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact BritishListedBuildings.co.uk for any queries related to any individual listed building, planning permission related to listed buildings or the listing process itself.

British Listed Buildings is a Good Stuff website.