Culver House Hammerfield Hammerfield Cottage Hammertower is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. House. 5 related planning applications.

Culver House Hammerfield Hammerfield Cottage Hammertower

WRENN ID
lesser-stronghold-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
House
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5280 PENSHURST PENSHURST Penshurst Road (West Side)

Hammertower. Hammerfield. Culver House. Hammerfield Cottage. TQ 5244 22/842

II

  1. Earlier C19 house converted and extended in 1859 by George Devey for Sir James Nasmyth, the astronomer, engineer and inventor of the steam hammer. Now divided into 4 residences. Hammerfield Cottage, at the west end, was the former observatory and workshop, the other dwellings form the original house. Entrance front of 2 storeys, 5 windows, with projecting, gabled, porch section, and octagonal tower with ogee leaded roof. Irregular building typical of Devey's style, with large-diapered brickwork and gables with ball finials. Garden front shows 5 different bargeboarded gables, mostly half timbered, with brick or plaster filling; and some tile hanging. Large mullioned and transomed windows, some of wood and some of stone. Terrace with low balustrade.

Listing NGR: TQ5231144359

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