Listed Building: 51 HIGH STREET (1116523)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 1357, 7, 115
Date assigned 24 October 1950
Date last amended

Description

ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 NW 7/115 No 51 24.10.50 GV II House with restaurant. Mainly mid C17 with early C18 facade. Grey brick with red brick dressings (to front); Kent tile roof with dormer. Single-depth front range with wing to rear the framing of the whole building largely intact. Front: 3 storeys; regular 3-window range. Parapet with stone coping and simple brick cornice band. Rubbed brick cambered window arches with keystones and stone sills; later C19 4-pane plate-glass horned sashes to upper floors. Ground floor stuccoed; doorway to left with panelled reveals, plain pilasters and moulded canopy; panelled door with rectangular overlight. Large early C19 shop window under moulded segmental arch with panelled pilasters. Lead rainwater head between Nos 51 and 53. Interior: fragment of C17 decorative work such as cornices; more probably survives concealed. A C17 4-light window in the wing with large chamfered mullions, is exposed in the side wall of the wing (1st floor): it contains some C19 coloured glass. Listing NGR: TQ7430668639

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Sources (1)

  • Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

Map

Location

Grid reference TQ 7429 6863 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NW

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2006 5:35PM