Description

TQ 56 43 BIDBOROUGH FRANKS HOLLOW ROAD

11/3 The Chalet

GV II

Norwegian chalet. Probably late C19, re-erected in Bidborough in 1906 and
eventually given to the China Inland Missionary Society who use it as a
holiday cottage for missionaries (information from Bidborough Parish Council).
Norwegian framed construction on a brick plinth, the frame clad in narrow
horizontal weatherboarding with some vertical panels; gabled slate roof; axial
brick stack.

Plan: The house faces east. It is double depth and approximately rectangular
on plan. The main block is roofed on an east west axis with a south east wing
at right angles with a rear (west) outshut. Principal entrance on the east
side facing a stair with a second entrance into the south end of the outshut.

Exterior: 2 storeys with an attic to the outshut. Deep eaves and verges
throughout, the gables infilled with variously decorated boarding, the
bargeboards moulded. Asymmetrical east elevation, gabled to the front at the
right with 4 ground floor windows and 2 first floor windows, the panelled
front door is in an outshut, set back at the extreme right end. One first and
one ground floor 4-pane fixed window to the left. The other ground floor
windows are 2 pane with diagonal glazing bars to the upper panes, one first
floor window with a pair of round-headed lights with high transoms in a square
frame. The south return has a pair of 4-pane ground sashes and 3 first floor
casements, 2 panes per light. The outshut entrance, to the left, has a flight
of 4 steps with plank balustrades with pierced roundels in the planks and
newels with ball finials. The steps are under a sloping gabled roof with a
finial on the outer gable and a 2-leaf half-glazed inner door. To the left of
the outshut entrance there is a 3-light casement with a high transom and
triangular head. 3 similar windows on the west side of the outshut form an
enclosed verandah with nicely shaped posts between the windows; rectangular
roof dormer above. The west end of the main range has a 3-light ground floor
casement, matching those with diagonal glazing bars in the east elevation and
a first floor casement with round-headed lights. The north elevation has an
outshut supported on a brick pier to the right, with steps up to a door. To
the left a one-light window with diagonal glazing bars lights the entrance and
there is one first and one ground floor 2-light casement in the centre.

Interior: Not inspected but likely to be of interest.

An interesting example of a re-sited building, said to be very complete down
to the door and window furniture.

Listing NGR: TQ5643243134

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26541014

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