Description

MEDMENHAM WESTFIELD COTTAGES
SU 78 SE
7/164 Nos. 11 and 12 (formerly
listed under Nos. 1-12 Westfield
Cottages)
21.10.77
GV II
Pair of semi-detached estate cottages. Circa 1900. Probably by
Romaine Walker for Mr. Robert Hudson of Danesfield. Lower storey of red
brick in English bond with dentil string arched over doors, and
battered buttresses flanking front; upper storey rendered and colourwashed;
half-hipped plain tile roof; central brick chimney with off-set cap.
One storey and attic, 2 bays. Ground floor has 4-light barred wooden
casements with leaded top-lights, chamfered and off-set brick sills,
and stop-chamfered wooden lintels. Attic has 3-light barred wooden
casements in gabled dormers with richly carved and cusped bargeboards.
Board doors to left and right, with moulded brick surrounds and
semi-circular brick arches over painted terracotta tympana of local
Medmenham ware. Tympana illustrate labours of the months November and
December, No. 11 showing ploughing, No. 12 digging.

Listing NGR: SU7982684594

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453695

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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