Description

LAMBERHURST SCHOOL HILL
TQ 6636-6736
(west side)
8/218 Nos. 1, 2 & 3 The Charity
GV II

House, now house row. C15, altered and extended C16 and early C18, reconditioned
late C20. Timber framed and exposed with plaster infill and with plain tiled roof.
Wealden plan of four framed bays in origin. Two storeys, basement and attic on
plinth with underbuilt jetties to left and right end bays, with surviving jetty
returned to right on dragon post. Half-hipped roof with 3 gabled dormers and stack
to end right and large stack churner to centre left. Four light and 2 three light
C20 casements on each floor and rib and stud doors to left, centre right and right.
Basement opening in right return in high plinth. The right end bay is separately
framed and possibly added when the hall was ceiled over, indicated by a panel of
tension braced framing to upper left. the rest of the framing, now inappropriately
exposed, is late in character and meant only as a ground to the destroyed rendered
and sashed facade described in the old provisional list. The building was formerly
used as the village workhouse.

Listing NGR: TQ6765136388

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26632387

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Recommended Books

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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2