ROCHESTER FORT PITT HILL TQ 7467 NE 13/39 Fort Pitt Grammar School for Girls 23.8.74 (Domestic Science Block) formerly listed as Domestic Science Block at Medway Technical High School for Girls) II Now part of Fort Pitt Grammar School for Girls; originally a barrack block to Fort Pitt (one of a system of Napoleonic forts protecting the Medway towns) and subsequently served as a lunatic asylum. Early C19. gault brick in English bond (rendered to rear, S); Welsh slate hipped roof. 2 storeys. 2 large ridge stacks. Coped parapet, dentil cornice and 1st floor sill band extend around the whole building. Front (N): 5 window range, the 5 1st floor and 2 ground-floor windows with 24-pane sashes in reveals under flat brick arches; later central porch. Gabled single-storeyed projection to NW. Rear: symmetrical 5-window range, windows as to front except ground floor, centre, which is larger with late C20 glazing bars. Horned sashes and smaller inserted windows to sides. Interior contains a dog-leg staircase. Listing NGR: TQ7497967664