Eagle Lodge Firs Lodge Including Stables At Rear

Eagle Lodge and Firs Lodge are a pair of attached houses built around 1840, situated on the west side of Main Road, Edenbridge, near Marlpit Hill. They are constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, accented with blue headers, and have stucco dressings; the rear is painted brick. The roofs are low-pitched slate, with deep eaves and elaborate brackets with pendants. Brick stacks are positioned axially.

The houses have a double-depth plan, with each house being a mirror image of the other; each includes a principal room at the front and back, a side staircase hall, and flanking service wings containing a parlour and kitchen at the front and a pantry, scullery, and other service areas at the rear.

The exterior is three stories tall with cellars, plus two-story wing sections. The symmetrical facade features 2:1:2:1:2 window bays. The central three-story section has a forward projection of the central two windows, creating porches in the recesses to the left and right. Two-story, two-window service wings are slightly set back. All windows are 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars. The central block has bands at the window sill levels of the first and second floors. The ground floor features tripartite sashes in slightly projecting bays, with cornices, while the upper floors have 16-pane sashes in moulded stucco architraves; the first-floor windows have cornices resting on console brackets. Stuccoed porches with entablatures, dentil cornices, and square piers with wooden lattice screens are positioned in the angles to the left and right, with vaulted ceilings inside. The flanking service wings have sash windows with glazing bars.

The rear of the main block presents a symmetrical four-window elevation, with 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves on the first floor and smaller 12 and 16-pane sashes on the second floor. Eagle Lodge has a large, late 19th-century conservatory on its rear elevation, featuring ornate cast-iron cresting to the louvre.

Rear stable and coach house ranges, built of red brick with hipped slate roofs and casement windows, are included. The stable range associated with Firs Lodge has been converted into a cottage.

The interior of Eagle Lodge, which was the only one inspected, retains much of the original joinery and simple plasterwork. Features include windows, panelled doors, and window shutters. The hall contains an open string staircase with stick balusters and a mahogany handrail, with a stylised lotus newel post. A painted Art Nouveau chimney piece with cloverleaf decoration, a mantle shelf supported on columns, and a cast-iron grate with tiles are located in the hall/parlour wall. The front and rear right-hand rooms have moulded plaster cornices, chimney pieces with console brackets, and cast-iron grates. The first floor is similarly unaltered, with original joinery and chimney pieces. The interior of Firs Lodge was not inspected but is believed to be similar.