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Lower Mead Cottage and the Firs

A Grade II Listed Building in Leigh, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1959 / 51°11'45"N

Longitude: 0.2098 / 0°12'35"E

OS Eastings: 554496

OS Northings: 146401

OS Grid: TQ544464

Mapcode National: GBR MNX.ZTJ

Mapcode Global: VHHQ5.L67J

Plus Code: 9F3256W5+9W

Entry Name: Lower Mead Cottage and the Firs

Listing Date: 16 January 1975

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1258596

English Heritage Legacy ID: 445285

ID on this website: 101258596

Location: Leigh, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN11

County: Kent

District: Sevenoaks

Civil Parish: Leigh

Built-Up Area: Leigh

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Leigh

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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Description


This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/01/2013


TQ 5446 19/693
5280


LEIGH
High Street (South side)
Lower Mead Cottage and The Firs


(Formerly listed as Oak Cottage and The Firs)


II


Early C20 neo-Tudor pair, possibly by Sir Ernest George. 2 storeys and attic,
3 bays, stepped back towards right. Tiled roofs. Tile-hung blank lst floor
in right bay. Other bays gabled, with oversailing gable ends and lst floors
on moulded beams. Geometrical half timbering, with roughcast filling, to 1st
floor. Oriel£bay windows. Red brick ground floor with square bay at left.
In centre porch built out to overhang of 1st floor. One tiny gabled dormer
and tall brick stacks.
Lower Mead Cottage has a pent porch on left return.


Listing NGR: TQ5449646401

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