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Former Working Men's Club

A Grade II Listed Building in Rolvenden, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.0492 / 51°2'56"N

Longitude: 0.6346 / 0°38'4"E

OS Eastings: 584759

OS Northings: 131059

OS Grid: TQ847310

Mapcode National: GBR QWD.58J

Mapcode Global: FRA D66B.YWH

Plus Code: 9F322JXM+MR

Entry Name: Former Working Men's Club

Listing Date: 29 April 1994

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1275664

English Heritage Legacy ID: 411673

ID on this website: 101275664

Location: Rolvenden, Ashford, Kent, TN17

County: Kent

District: Ashford

Civil Parish: Rolvenden

Built-Up Area: Rolvenden

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 30 March 2023 to amend the name and address, and to reformat the text to current standards

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

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