Description

TANDRIDGE

303/6/278 THE WALK
19-NOV-84 1, 3 AND 4
Step Arbour

(Formerly listed as:
TANDRIDGE LANE
1 AND 2
STEP ARBOUR)

II
Cottage row.

DATE: C17, with C18 addition to east and C19 alterations.

MATERIALS: Timber-framed, with brick infill to the east and west ends, brick cladding to centre, tile-hung gable end to west. Plain tiled roof, gabled to west, mansard to eastern C18 extension. Large external stack to west, ridge stack and smaller end stack to C18 extension.

PLAN: Earlier house to west is of two storeys five bays with end chimneystacks. One storey and attics two-bay addition to east with end chimneystacks.

EXTERIOR: The western part of the south side has timber-framing exposed to the west bay and some grey headers to the adjoining part of the first floor. There is irregular fenestration of five casement windows and a right side gabled brick porch. The eastern part of the south side has two penticed dormers, a brick dentil cornice, three cambered headed casement windows, (the left one a converted doorcase) and a doorcase with hood and plank door. The north side has a catslide roof to the east, some exposed framing and a C20 flat-roofed brick porch to the western end containing a part glazed C20 door.

INTERIOR: Not fully inspected but No. 3 has exposed ceiling beams, including spine beam and two open fireplaces.

REASONS FOR DESIGNATION
Step Arbour, 1, 3 and 4 The Walk is designated at Grade II for the following principal reason:
* Architectural interest: a C17 timber framed building with C18 mansard roofed addition.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26581935

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock
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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings