ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 SE (EASTGATE) 10/145 Nos 143, 143A and 145, including ranges to rear GV II Shop frontage uniting 2 separate former houses, now stores and workshops, to rear. Frontage c.1880, rear of Nos 143 and 143A C17 and late C18; rear of No 145 Mid Cl8. Note: the shop frontage is not of special interest but incorporates parts of the earlier builds. It is 2 storeys, gault brick with Welsh slate roofs; C20 shop front extends across whole including the central extrance recess, canted to 1st floor. Windows to this floor are horned sashes set in heavy architraves. coped parapet. (1) range partly incorporated within and extending to rear of Nos 143 and 143A. Consist of 2 elements, A Cl7 baffle entry house and, to the rear (ie N) an C18 house (now derelict). The earlier house: 2 storeys and attic, timber-framed and weatherboarded with Kent-tile roof. 3 unit baffle entry plan with central stack, 2 rooms to right (N), one to left. Scattered fenestration: 2 attic windows of different size, one of 2 lights, the other with top part of sash only surviving, the rest blocked. 1st floor: 16- pane hornless sash to left, 1:2:1 oriel to right and a small casement over baffle entry. Ground: 3 doorways, the baffle entry with surround, canopy and shaped brackets, and 4-panelled door. Interior: some framing; ground floor with fragmentary remains of Cl7 moulded cornices. Better preserved ceilings to 1st floor rooms with cyma mouldings and arched entrance; some panelling to attic and minor joinery throughout including fielded panel cupboard doors with H L hinges. Collar-rafter side-purlin roof. C18 extension (to N), brick, 2 storeys, all windows to 4-window range under flat rubbed brick arches, and blocked. Door also under flat brick arch. A re-used brick dated 1776. Interior of this building not inspected. (2) range partly incorporated within and extending to rear of No 145. red Flemish bond brick; Kent tile roof. 2 storeys, 5 window range. Sash windows (mainly of 6, one of 16, panes) under segmental rubbed brick arches with stone sills. Doorway with surround and canopy with 6-panel door. Window above doorway blocked. Projecting eaves cornice. One brick dated 1761 may be in situ. Listing NGR: TQ7453168281