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Latitude: 51.1798 / 51°10'47"N
Longitude: 0.3244 / 0°19'27"E
OS Eastings: 562561
OS Northings: 144848
OS Grid: TQ625448
Mapcode National: GBR NQL.YNF
Mapcode Global: VHHQ7.KLVY
Plus Code: 9F3258HF+WQ
Entry Name: Somerhill Cottages
Listing Date: 24 August 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1251316
English Heritage Legacy ID: 433992
ID on this website: 101251316
Location: Crockhurst Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN11
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Capel
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Tudeley cum Capel with Five Oak Green
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Cottage
TQ 64 SW CAPEL CROCKHURST STREET
5/249 Nos 1-4 (inclusive) Somerhill
Cottages
II
Row of 4 cottages. Late C19 with some C20 extensions. Ground floor level is
Flemish bond red brick with decorative burnt headers, timber-framing above is
clad with red tile including bands of scallop-shaped tiles; brick stacks and
chimneyshafts including several original chimneypots; red tile roof including
bands of scallop tiles.
Plan: Row of 4 contemporary cottages facing north and numbering 1-4 from
right (west) to left (east). Each cottages has a one-room plan with the front
doorway, entrance hall and staircase to one side. Each two are a mirror-plan
of the other two. The end cottages (Nos 1 and 4) have doorways towards each
end and the middle cottages (Nos 2 and 3) have doorways towards the centre,
side by side. Axial stacks between Nos 1 and 2 and Nos 3 and 4 serve back-to-
back fireplaces.
All cottages are 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace and there are C20
extensions each end.
Exterior: Overall symmetrical 4-window front of various C20 casements without
glazing bars. All 4 front doorways are elliptical arches containing original
plank doors with vertical coverstrips. The main roof is gable-ended and
includes 4 gabled dormers containing original casement windows with glazing
bars. The gables have plain bargeboards with apex pendants.
Interiors: Show no carpentry detail and contain some original joinery.
Listing NGR: TQ6256144848
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