Knights Place is a Grade II listed building in the Tunbridge Wells local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 December 1973. House. 3 related planning applications.
Knights Place
- WRENN ID
- stranded-banister-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tunbridge Wells
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 December 1973
- Type
- House
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knights Place is a large house, now divided into flats, built in the early 19th century. It was modernised and subdivided around 1975. The building is constructed of Flemish bond red brick with some burnt headers on less visible walls, featuring brick stacks and chimney shafts, and has a peg-tile roof.
The house has a large double-depth plan facing east. The front rooms have rear stacks, with the right stack serving the rear room as well. The left rear room features a projecting rear lateral stack. The main staircase rises from the central front entrance hall, situated between the two left rooms. A service block projects from the left (south) end of the house, although its stack is no longer in use. While the basic internal layout appears to remain intact, it was significantly refurbished and adapted during the conversion into flats.
The building has two storeys, with single-storey 20th-century extensions at the rear. The main façade is symmetrical, featuring three 16-pane sash windows with low segmental arches made of rubbed brick. The central bay slightly projects forward. The central doorway is set behind a flat-roofed porch and accessed by two stone steps. This doorway has panelled sides, flat pilasters, and a moulded entablature, and it contains a six-panel door with panelled reveals and an overlight featuring a pattern of curving glazing bars. The eaves are deep and plain, and the low-pitched roof is hipped at both ends. The other sides and the service wing maintain a similar style, though they are somewhat less regular. The right (north) side includes a flat-roofed curving bay for the front room, which has three 16-pane sash windows, while the rear room features a full-height square-cornered bay with French windows on the ground floor. There is a verandah supported by Tuscan columns across the rear of the north end, and the rear has a double gable.
The interior primarily showcases 20th-century joinery and other details.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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