Description

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TQ 85 NW
6/14

BEARSTED
THE GREEN (east side)
Bearsted House

(Formerly listed as Eylesden Court Preparatory School)

23.5.67

G.V.
II

House, now school. Early C18. Rendered front, painted brick to sides with hipped plain tile roof. Two storeys and attic with plinth, quoins and modillion eaves cornice. Three pedimented dormers, and brick ridge stack to left. Seven windows, two to left on both floors blocked and more widely spaced. Glazing bar sashes on first floor with raised panels below. Projecting C19 porch to right of centre, with Doric columns supporting entablature and pediment. Panelled door. Two-storey C18 and C19 wings to rear.

Interior: delicate early C18 staircase with early C18 panelled and corniced room to left on ground floor. Early C18 carved alcove head to left of stack in room to right.

On the ordnance survey map called Bearsted House.

Listing NGR: TQ8006555989

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620761

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 6: Westminster (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England): Westminster v. 6
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy