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Manchester House with the Post Office and Heath Stores

A Grade II Listed Building in Horsmonden, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.1387 / 51°8'19"N

Longitude: 0.4288 / 0°25'43"E

OS Eastings: 570008

OS Northings: 140521

OS Grid: TQ700405

Mapcode National: GBR NRB.F7F

Mapcode Global: VHJMY.DM1X

Plus Code: 9F324CQH+FG

Entry Name: Manchester House with the Post Office and Heath Stores

Listing Date: 10 October 1989

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1084513

English Heritage Legacy ID: 169955

ID on this website: 101084513

Location: Horsmonden, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN12

County: Kent

District: Tunbridge Wells

Civil Parish: Horsmonden

Built-Up Area: Horsmonden

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Horsmonden St Margaret

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

Tagged with: Post office

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Description


HORSMONDEN THE HEATH
TQ 6840-6940 & 7040-7140
(south side)
6 & 7/119 Manchester House with The
Post office and Heath
Stores
GV II

House and shop pair. C18, altered and extended late C19. Red and blue
chequered brick to ground floor and tile hung first floor, extended with red brick. Plain tiled roof. Main block of 2 storeys and attic with ground floor built out with pentice roof, and with half-hipped roof with stacks to rear
left and to centre and with 2 hipped dormers. Three top-hung C20 casements
on first floor and multi-paned shop windows on ground floor with central
boarded door. Single storey extension to right (Heath Stores) with stack at
end right. Projecting C19 plate glass shop front on ground floor with doubled half-glazed doors to centre left. Both blocks with catslide outshots to rear, that to the Post Office particularly notable.


Listing NGR: TQ7000840521

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