Description

TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST LANGTON ROAD, SPELDHURST

12/529 Coach House adjoining south of
The Glebe House

GV II

Former coach house, now used as a garage. Late C19. Flemish bond red brick
with exposed timber frmaing above but back wall is coursed sandstone. Stone
stack with brick chimneyshaft. Peg-tile roof.

Plan: Former coach house faces east backing onto Langton Road. Ground floor
is taken up by a series of coach houses. First floor left a fodder store and
to right a groom's room under a crossroof with a rear stack.

2 storeys with lean-to outshot on left end set back from the front.

Exterior: Rear has a series of large double doors to the coach houses. Most
are original and hang on large iron hinges. The roof is gable-ended to left,
the eaves descending to first floor level. To right there is the front gable
end of the crossroof. It is jettied out on the ends of joists and is timber-
framed containing a window with diamond panes of leaded glass. It also has a
gabled dormer on the right (north) side with wavy bargeboards. The right end
is also framed at first floor level and contains a loading hatch doorway, wavy
bargeboards with a prominent pendant. Ground floor window below is 2-lights
with lattice pattern of glazing bars and set to right of the lean-to. Roof
over this end has a louvred ventilator on the ridge. The rear stone wall is
blind except for a series of 3 cast iron breathers under the eaves to the
fodder store. They are cast to ornamental patterns.

Interior: Not inspected.

This Coach house is one of a group of attractive buildings (most of them C19)
on the approach to Speldhurst from the south.

Listing NGR: TQ5534141343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26533830

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (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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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living