Description

LAMBERHURST SCHOOL HILL
TQ 6636-6736
(east side)
8/205 Stair House
GV II

House, now flats. 1889 by Christopher and White, architects ( B.O.E. Kent, I, p.364).
Red brick on sandstone base and tile hung with some exposed framing with plaster
infill. Plain tiled roof. Picturesque 'Old English' style after the fashion of R.
Norman Shaw. Main block to right of two storeys and attic on plinth with projecting
and jettied gabled wing to left, 2 gabled dormers and large offset and moulded
stack projecting at right, with similar moulded ridge stacks to left and to centre
left. Full height half-octagonal bay to centre left and 3 light casements to right
on each floor, and 2 and 4 light casements to left hand gable, with mullioned and
transomed stone window on ground floor and boarded door in recessed four centred
arched doorway. Oriel and irregular casements to right return. Two storey section to
left, possibly a later extension, or else part of the service quarters differentiated
externally, with jetty and with bargeboarded gables and oriel on first floor, and
bay on ground floor, with one storey and attic linking block. Irregular extensions
and wings to rear. On the site of the ancient Stone House where the manor courts of
the holdings of Robertsbridge Abbey in Lamberhurst were held. See J.H. Moon, The
Downhill Path.

Listing NGR: TQ6766436312

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26391377

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Recommended Books

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)