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Latitude: 51.0981 / 51°5'53"N
Longitude: 0.3631 / 0°21'47"E
OS Eastings: 565559
OS Northings: 135856
OS Grid: TQ655358
Mapcode National: GBR NRT.2M3
Mapcode Global: FRA C6N7.18V
Plus Code: 9F3239X7+66
Entry Name: Elephants Head Public House
Listing Date: 10 October 1989
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1298999
English Heritage Legacy ID: 170018
Also known as: Elephants Head, Tunbridge Wells
Elephants Head
ID on this website: 101298999
Location: Hook Green, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN3
County: Kent
District: Tunbridge Wells
Civil Parish: Lamberhurst
Traditional County: Sussex
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Lamberhurst St Mary
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Pub
LAMBERHURST HOOK GREEN
TQ 63 NE
(south side)
3/181 Elephants Head Public
House
GV II
Public House. C16 or earlier altered early C19. Timber framed and part exposed with
plaster infill on first floor and with painted brick infill to return elevations,
ground floor rebuilt with sandstone. Plain tiled roof. Four framed bay range with
return wings. Two storeys on plinth with continuous jetty to first floor with ogee
braced frame. Hipped roof with stacks to right and clustered at left. Two 2 light
and two central four light windows on each floor, the central ground floor windows
in shallow stone bays, wooden casements on first floor and with painted brick
mullions on ground floor. Rib and stud doors to left and to right. Exposed frame on
left return elevation less altered especially on the ground floor, with irregular
casements and panelled door wih flat hood on brackets with outshots and single
storey extensions to rear. Tile hung right return. Interior: large brick fireplaces,
exposed frame and largely C19 ground floor, the sandstone blocks showing weathering
on the inner face and probably re-used from elsewhere.
Listing NGR: TQ6555935856
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