Nos. 14 and 16 Newcomen Road is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 January 2016. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Nos. 14 and 16 Newcomen Road

WRENN ID
swift-plinth-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tunbridge Wells
Country
England
Date first listed
20 January 2016
Type
Cottage
Source
Historic England listing

Description

A pair of model cottages built in 1847-8. Designed by the architect Henry Roberts in Tudor style for the Tunbridge Wells branch of 'The Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes'. Later C20 windows within original surrounds.

MATERIALS: red brick in Flemish bond with vitrified headers, and sandstone dressings. The slate roof has a central brick chimneystack.

PLAN: a symmetrical rectangular plan of one storey and attics with one window to each cottage.

EXTERIOR: there are central three-light casement windows with sandstone dressings and hood moulds with gabled dormers above, flanked by doorcases in moulded sandstone surrounds with hood moulds. No. 14 has a late C20 door, no. 16 a plank door. The side elevations have moulded barge-boards and casement windows with hood moulds to the ground floor.

INTERIORS: not inspected.

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