Description

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TQ8431
18/10005

ROLVENDEN
MAYTHAM ROAD
The White House

(Formerly listed as Working Men's Club)

II

Working Men's Club. 1927-8 by Sir Edwin Lutyens for H J Tennant of the Great Maytham Estate. Kentish vernacular style. V-shaped block of one storey. Weatherboarded with hipped tiled roofs. Symmetrical composition, the central block having three casements (the centre four-light, the end three-light) with two half-glazed doors. On either side are projecting sections with hipped roofs, one casement and half-glazed door and a further projecting but set back wing of one bay with triple casement, terminating in hipped ends with brown brick external chimneystacks flanked by four-light casements. Left side elevation has three wedge-shaped buttresses. Flat-roofed extension added to right hand side. Brick flat-roofed 1960s extension to rear.

Simple interior with contemporary brick fireplace.

Included for rarity of type by Lutyens.

Listing NGR: TQ8475931059

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26565228

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas