Listed Building: 15 PROSPECT ROW (1259625)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 686-1, 5, 49 |
Date assigned | 24 February 1950 |
Date last amended |
Description
GILLINGHAM
TQ7668NW PROSPECT ROW, Brompton 686-1/5/49 (East side) 24/02/50 No.15 (Formerly Listed as: PROSPECT ROW, Brompton Nos.2-20 (Consecutive))
GV II
House. c1740. Flemish bond brick, roof not visible. STYLE: Mid Georgian PLAN: double-depth. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 4-window range. A parapeted front with a thin brick cornice, and rubbed brick segmental-arched openings. A left of centre doorway has cast-iron posts to a flat canopy with thin modillion cornice, antae, and a round-arched doorway with plate-glass fanlight and half-glazed early C20 door; hornless 6/6-pane sashes in exposed, flush frames, with blind windows to the 2nd and 4th bays from the left on the second floor. INTERIOR: contains a wainscotted through passage divided by an elliptical arch, with a dogleg lateral stair. HISTORY: notable for the use of the newer Flemish bond, in contrast to the very similar but English-bonded No.14 (qv). Prospect Row was begun around 1705 and completed by 1756. Part of a varied terrace of early-mid Georgian houses (qqv). (MacDougall P: The Chatham Dockyard Story: Rainham: 1987-: 66).
Listing NGR: TQ7612668719
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7612 6871 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NE |
Civil Parish | GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 5:35PM