Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 December 2022 to update the name and address, amend description due to change of building use, and to reformat the text to current standards

TQ 4621
42/847

UCKFIELD
ROCKS ROAD
Buckswood Grange

(formerly listed as Buckwood Grange, CHURCH STREET (south side), previously listed as The Rocks)

12.4.78

II
A private school from World War II until 2000 subsequently converted into housing. Formerly the home of the Streatfield family who were responsible for various local venefactions. Built by Sydney Smirke in 1838 in Tudor style. Asymmetrical building of two storeys and attic. Red brick, with some diaper patterns on ground floor. Long and short quoins, window dressings and plinth, all of stone. Clustered brick chimney pots. Front elevation has a projecting portion of two storeys and attics with gable surmounted by ball finials. Oriel window to first floor. Four-centred stone archway with hood moulding. The part set back has a pierced panel with stone coping, moulded eaves cornice, part stringcourse and mullioned and transomed windows. The right side has two shaped gables and blank cartouches.

Listing NGR: TQ4668521580

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26488904

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (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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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  For the Record
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)