Description

TQ 55 41 SPELDHURST LANGTON ROAD, SPELDHURST

12/528 The Rectory including front
boundary wall
GV II

Former rectory. C17 origins, maybe even earlier, enlarged and rearranged in
the mid/late C19. Ground floor is Flemish bond red brick with some burnt
headers. Timber-framing above is hung with peg-tiles. Brick stacks with
brick chimneyshafts, the front one with 3 tall divided diagonal shafts. Peg-
tile roof.

Plan: Double depth plan house facing west. It is basically 2 rooms wide and
2 rooms deep heated by a series of axial stacks. The front left (north) room
breaks forward a little and its roof runs from back to front. This section
appears to be the C17 core of the building with a large axial stack in the
angle with the main block. Main block has 2 roofs parallel with the front.
Details of the layout and the extent (and date) of the older work cannot be
described in detail without an internal inspection.

House is 2 storeys with attics in the roofspace.

Exterior: Attractive and irregular 1:1-window front of C19 and C20 windows,
the right bay contains C20 casements with glazing bars. Left bay breaks
forward and is gable-ended. Ground floor window is a C19 casement containing
rectangular panes of leaded glass. First floor has a bay window with an
unusual pattern of glazing bars, a tented roof and framed base containing a
Gothic arcade pattern. Gable above contains a small arch-headed lancet.
Front doorway in angle of front wings and has an unusual porch set at a
diagonal angle. Inside there is a 3-sided canted brick porch with a pyramid
roof and it contains a timber Tudor arch doorway and plank door with studded
coverstrips. Second outer porch on plain posts with front hipped roof and
gablet. Main roofs are gable-ended. The left (north) end has a 4-window
front includes some attractive C19 casements with diagonal glazing bars and
rear includes a couple of French windows in the same style.

Interior: Was not available for inspection at the time of this survey.

The narrow strip of ground along the front is enclosed by a C19 wall of
coursed sandstone which returns a short distance round the left end.

There are a number of similar walls close by and these add to the character of
the area in the vicinity of the Church of St Mary (q.v.) which includes a good
group of listed buildings.

Listing NGR: TQ5534741369

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26551763

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Recommended Books

• 
  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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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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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)