Latitude: 51.1672 / 51°10'1"N
Longitude: 0.1932 / 0°11'35"E
OS Eastings: 553435
OS Northings: 143167
OS Grid: TQ534431
Mapcode National: GBR MP9.MPT
Mapcode Global: VHHQ5.9XHM
Plus Code: 9F32558V+V7
Entry Name: Lodge to Swaylands School
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1248953
English Heritage Legacy ID: 430784
ID on this website: 101248953
Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN11
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Bidborough
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: St Peter with Christ Church and St Matthew Southborough and St Lawrence Bidborough
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: School building
TQ 54 SW BIDBOROUGH PENSHURST ROAD (south side)
3/24 Lodge to Swaylands School
GV II
Lodge to Swaylands School, contemporary with the stable block. The main school is separately listed in Penshurst parish. Circa 1880s. Local sandstone ashlar; concrete tile roof; stack with brick shafts. Tudor style.
Plan: Sited at the entrance to Swaylands School, facing west where the principal room overlooks the drive, service wing at right angles to the rear. Porch block to the north west, front door in the west wall.
Exterior: Single-storye and attic. Asymmetrical 1:3-bay west front, the single-storey porch block, slightly set back to the left, has an embattled parapet and a Tudor arched chamfered doorway with a C19 plank and cover strip door. The left return of the porch has 3 round-headed one-light windows. The main block, to the right, has a ground floor bay with an embattled parapet, the windows with C20 glazing replacing the original small-pane casements. Above this, 2 gabled dormers with kneelers and copings, preserving their original small-pane casements. The left (north) return of the main block, facing the Penshurst Road, has a coped gable to the right with an original 2- light window and a gabled dormer to the left, also with an original window, matching those in the west elevation.
Interior: Not inspected.
Group value with Swaylands School.
Listing NGR: TQ5615543382
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