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The Round House

A Grade II Listed Building in Capel, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1867 / 51°11'11"N

Longitude: 0.3133 / 0°18'47"E

OS Eastings: 561760

OS Northings: 145591

OS Grid: TQ617455

Mapcode National: GBR NQL.G0V

Mapcode Global: VHHQ7.CFZN

Plus Code: 9F3258P7+M8

Entry Name: The Round House

Listing Date: 24 August 1990

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1254118

English Heritage Legacy ID: 437512

ID on this website: 101254118

Location: Tudeley, 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

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Description


TQ 64 NW
1/305


CAPEL
UDELEY LANE
The Round House


GII
Converted oasthouse, now one house but formerly two cottages.Mid/late C19, converted in the early/mid C20.Red brick, the front is timber-framed and hung with peg-tile; C20 brick stacks and chimney shafts; peg-tile roof. Plan:Originally an oasthouse facing south.Stowage now has a projecting right (east) end stack and left front corner stack.Single circular plan former hop kiln on left (west) end.Stowage is two storeys. Exterior:Former stowage has an irregular one:two-window front of C20 casements with glazing bars.Front doorway is right of centre and contains a C20 plank door under a shallow flat hood. (The National Monuments Records photograph of 1956 shows a pair of similar doors). Stowage roof is hipped to right.The hop kiln has a brick corbelled cornice and tall conical roof without its cowl.Interior: Not inspected. This is an early example of a converted oast in an attractive landscape where a high proportion of the buildings are listed including the nearby Gate Cottage and Gate House (q.v.) and the barn to south (q.v.).


Listing NGR: TQ6176245590

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