Description

TR 03 NE SMEETH PLAIN ROAD (south side) 4/132 Lodge House II* House. Circa 1500 and extended C17 and late C18 and 1920's. Timber framed and clad with galletted ragstone and red and blue brick and extended with timber frame with red brick and mathematical tiling. Plain tiled roof. Wealden plan, now completely enclosed by later cladding and extensions. Main elevation: C18, with mathematical tiling and red brick. Two storeys with boxed eaves to hipped roof with stacks to left and to rear right. Regular fenestration of 2 glazing bar sashes and central round headed glazing bar sash on 1st floor, and 2 glazing bar sashes with cambered heads on ground floor. Central glazed door with delicately traceried semi-circular fanlight in panelled surround, with pilasters and cornice. Return elevations rendered, with canted oriel on 1st floor to right. Rear wing to left return early C18 red and blue brick on ragstone, with 2 glazing bar sashes and 2 blank window spaces on 1st floor and 2 wooden casements, glazed door on ground floor. Right rear wing galletted ragstone with dentil eaves cornice and segmentally headed window openings, with C20 panelled door and porch. Tile hung 2 storey hipped C20 range to rear. Interior: the core of the building is a complete Wealden hall house, with full frame visible, with dragon beams, dais beam and crown posts (moulded with lobed bases) on steeply cambered tie beams, that to Hall chamfered, with smoke blackened rafters. This section of the house also contains extensive early C17 wainscotting, with beaded surrounds, said to have come from Scott's Hall (in the park of which this was indeed the Lodge House). Also a painted fireplace, with heavy bead moulding to four centred arch, with shields in spandrels. C18 wing with simple fielded panelling with moulded dado rail, and dog leg and landing stair with ramped handrail and stick balusters. A fine example of a building "displaying the characteristics of its own development", with quality work throughout in the whole range of materials available in East Kent.

Listing NGR: TR0852039673

External Links

• Wikidata Q17556383

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