Description

KENTON THE STRAND, Starcross
SX 9681-9781

14/275 Regent House including gate piers

GV II

House. Early C19. Stuccoed with a slate roofs gabled at the right end, hipped at
the left end, hipped at the end of the rear wing; 2 right end stacks.
Plan: Approximately rectangular on plan, double depth with an entrance on the west
side, the former garden elevation, at the left end. Details of plan unclear at time
of survey as interior not inspected.
Exterior: 2 and 3 storeys. Asymmetrical 2:3 bay front, the 2 bays in a lower-roofed
block at the left end. The taller block has deep eaves with eaves brackets,
platbands and steps with iron railings up to a wide front door at the left; good
doorcase with brackets and a dentil frieze below the cornice. The taller block has 3
ground floor C19 2 pane sashes; 3 first floor C19 12-pane sashes and 3 second floor
C19 6-pane sashes. The 2 storey block at the left has 2 first floor C19 2-pane
sashes. The right return, facing the Strand, is 3 bays with 2 ground floor mid/late
C19 canted bays with iron cresting and 4 pane sashes; 3 first floor C19 12-pane
sashes 3 second floor C19 6-pane sashes. A pair of gate piers adjoining this
elevation at the left is crowned with pineapple finials.
Interior: not inspected but may retain features of interest.
The old list description refers to a castellated red brick garden wall with 3 square
corner towers, a gardener's cottage and a gazebo, dated 1837.
Formerly the home of a local celebrity, Captain Peacock, who was a collector of
curios and keeper of pleasure boats.

Listing NGR: SX9766481877

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26618645

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Recommended Books

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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)