Description

The following building shall be added to the list:

TQ 5244 PENSHURST PENSHURST ROAD

22/2000 Lilac Cottage

II

Cottage, ornée. Built in 1825 by William Wells, owner of the Red Leaf Estate as
the residence of his Head Gardener, Joseph Wells. Built of sandstone random
rubble with tiled roof with some pointed tiles, central panelled stone
chimneystack and unpanelled stone chimneystack to rear. Roughly L-shaped.
Gable ends have curious 1/2 hips with 5 elaborate pendants and fretted
bargeboards. Under each gable is ground floor 4 light bay with wooden casements
and fishscale tiled roof with fretwork to sides and pendants. Doorcase in angle
of the L has original porch on 4 channelled wooden piers with unusual fretted
decoration. Plank door. Extension has some timber framing exposed and plain
casement. The materials all came from the estate.
(See Gardener's Magazine July 1839 by J C London p.373
BOE West Kent and the Weald, J Newman p.461).

Listing NGR: TQ5240344859

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26536886

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Recommended Books

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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living