Listed Building: LECTURE THEATRE, BROMPTON BARRACKS (1375608)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 686-1, 3, 30 |
Date assigned | 08 July 1998 |
Date last amended |
Description
TQ 7669 SW GILLINGHAM PASLEY POAD
(west side), Brompton
3/30
Lecture Theatre,
Brompton Barracks
GV II
Also known as: Study Centre, Brompton Barracks PASLEY POAD, Brompton.
Lecture theatre. Early C19, extended early-mid C20. Brick with hipped slate roof Single-depth plan with rear central lecture hall. EXTERIOR: 2-storey; 3:5:3-window range. Central 5-window range set forward to front and back with full-height round-arched recesses containing lunettes, with rubbed brick flat arches to 616-pane sashes to outer blocks. A full-width extension extends across the front with wide pilaster strips to a cornice and parapet, central doorway has an overlight and double doors, a round-arched doorway with fanlight to the left side of the right-hand range, and a left-hand mid C20 plainer range with a central double glazed door. INTERIOR,: has an entrance hall and a rear lecture theatre with right-hand proscenium arch, left-hand gallery on cast-iron posts, cornice, coved ceiling and moulded beams. HISTOPY: an early example of buildings for education within a barracks. Group value as part of an axial arrangement with the Barracks buildings and Institute (qqv).
Listing NGR: TQ7636269019
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7636 6901 (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