Description

HAWKHURST RYE ROAD
TQ 7630-7730 (north side)

17/411 The Lodge, Tongswood
GV II
Gate lodge. Early C20. Red brick with ashlar details and plain tiled roof. Free
Baroque-revival style. Single storey and attic, with pediment-gabled roof with
central stack cluster and pediment-gabled dormer with Arms cartouche and 5-light
stone mullioned window. Ground floor with 3-light mullioned and transomed window
to left and to right in ashlar, parapeted sections with obelisk finials, and
central Doric columned arcade in antis. Bracketed pentice roof to right return
with mullioned and transomed windows. Single storey rear wing with parget gable
and end stack, and canted bay with raking roof and diamond-leaded windows.
Originally the main gate lodge to the Tongswood Estate.

Listing NGR: TQ7748230171

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26416816

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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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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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)