Description

In the Entry for

WEST MALLING FROG LANE
TQ 6857

1156-0/3/2 No. 34
30/11/93 West Malling Lodge

- II

The description shall be amended to read

WEST MALLING
TQ6857
FROG LANE
1156-0/3/2 No.34

30/11/93 West Malling Lodge

- II

House. Circa early to mid C18 with C19 and C20 alterations and extensions. Flemish bond red
brick with flarred headers; the front and west side rendered and lined to imitate masonry.
Hipped roof with deep sprocketed eaves, now clad in concrete files. Rendered axial stacks with
square yellow clay pots. PLAN: Double-depth plan with two front rooms and central entrance
to stairhall, the left room extended into 1-bay addition on the left [west] side. In the C19 a
porch was built on the front and 2-bay wing was built on the rear north west corner and in
the late C20 a small single-storey addition was added in the rear angle.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. Symmetrical 5-bay south front with 1-bay extension set back slightly
on left with flat roof 12-pane sashes in revealed boxes with cambered heads. Central doorway
with panelled and glazed door and C19 rendered porch with narrow round-headed side lights
with margin glazing bars. The west side 2:2:1 bays, the right is 1-bay front extension, the left
is C19 2-bay rear wing and the centre set back is the original house ; 12-pane sashes, centre first
floor 2 tall French casements with wrought-iron balconies and on ground floor light a large
C20 French window. On east side 2 first floor windows similar to those at front and outshut
and large C20 window on ground floor. At rear C19 wing projects on right with C20
single-storey extension in the angle.
INTERIOR: Much of the C18 joinery survives including fielded panel doors, window shutters
and panelling and an open-well open string staircase with 3 balusters per tread, column newel
and fielded dado panelling. The right hand front room has fielded panelling, cornice and
chimneypiece with eared architrave and moulded shelf. The left front room has fielded dado
panelling, moulded cornice and china cupboard with fluted pilasters, keyblock to round arch
and shaped shelves; rebuilt chimneypiece.

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WEST MALLING
TQ6857 FROG LANE

1156-0/3/2 No.34
West Malling Lodge

II

House. C18, refronted and extended to rear in early C19. Faced
in cement render, grooved to imitate masonry to south and
west, other fronts red brick with blue headers. Modern
pantiled roof with tall rendered chimney stack. 2 storeys. 5
windows to south front. Cambered sashes with glazing bars and
central porch with marginal glazing. C19 west extension of 2
bays including originally a billiard room.
Interior has staircase with 3 turned balusters to each step
and dado panelling. Left side room has wooden fireplace, china
cabinet and floor with marquetry inlay.

Listing NGR: TQ6837357853

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504148

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