Tunstall House is a Grade I listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1952. A C17 (pre-1678) House. 1 related planning application.
Tunstall House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-clay-swift
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1952
- Type
- House
- Period
- C17 (pre-1678)
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TQ 86 SE TUNSTALL TUNSTALL ROAD (west side)
5/64 Tunstall House 27.8.52 GV I
House. C17 (pre-1678). Chequered brick in Flemish bond and plain tiled roof. Two storeys and attic on plinth with plat band, 4 corniced gables, and projecting gabled porch of 2 storeys and garret to left, with large stacks of 4 panels to right and 2 panels to left, and wood turret to end left capped with lead cupola. Regular fenestration of 5 wood casements in gables with segmental heads except in porch, the end left window blocked by lozenge-shaped clock face. Four mullioned and transomed windows to first and ground floors, with cross-window in porch. Multi-panelled door. Porch entry round arched on imposts with panelled soffits, fluted Doric pilasters, frieze, bolection cornice, and pediment with bust of Shakespeare. Built either for Sir Edward Hales d. 1654, or his steward John Grove, d. 1678. (See BOE Kent II, 1983 481-2).
Listing NGR: TQ8946161825
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