NHER 40818 (Building record) - 1 to 15 Forge Grove and 1 to 2 Kenyan Row

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Summary

These rows of houses, bungalows and linking walls were designed by Tayler and Green and were built between 1955 to 1957 in two phases. Five colours of brick were used (yellow, grey, red, black and pink) and the roofs were made of red pantiles. The two rows are linked by a crinkle crankle wall.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1245417: NUMBERS 1-15 INCLUDING 1-2 KENYON ROW WITH ATTACHED WALLING

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Map sheet	TM49SW
Civil Parish	GILLINGHAM, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1 to 15 Forge Grove and 1 to 2 Kenyan Row.
Row of houses, bungalows and linking walls listed as one.
Designed by Taylor and Green (well known architects). Built 1955 to 1957 in two phases and five colours of brick (yellow, grey, red, black and pink, the last washed). Red pantiles. Kenyon Row forms two single storey houses and is linked by a crinkle crankle wall to Forge Grove, two storey houses stepping up the hillside but with no break to frontage. Decorative arches above porches and ground floor windows alternately segmental and pointed. Porches are lattice work. North end is single storey bungalows with timber painted trellis continuing the window lines. Decorative barge boards and gable walls, one dated 1955. Ground floor plans of note but no internal features of merit.
Details from (S1), added 1998.
(S2) of Kenyon Row, showing in addition to description a tall chimney, in file.
Also see article (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 28 September 2004. Amended by A. Beckham (HES), 23 August 2019.

Associated Sources (6)

--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF9958.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 359.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1245417.
<S2> SNF60035 Photograph: Unknown. 2004. 1 Kenyon Row.
<S3> SNF100054 Article in Serial: Institute of Historic Building Conservation. 2019. Unusual Listed Buildings: Tayler and Green Housing. IHBC East Anglia Branch Newsletter. No 38 pp 5-6.

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Record last edited

Dec 13 2021 11:50AM