Listed Building: ALMHOUSES (NOS 1 TO 30 AND THE CHAPEL) (1069408)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 659, 2, 157A
Date assigned 04 May 1970
Date last amended

Description

SOUTH ROAD 1. 1103 (North-west Side) Almshouses (Nos 1 to 30 & TR 0l6l SW 2/157A The Chapel) II 2. Gothic building of 1863-4 designed by Messrs Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent, and built by G W Chinnock brothers of Southampton. Symmetrical range 470 feet long, with return wings 120 feet long facing Tanners Street and Napleton Street. Red brick, with white bulk bands and stone dressings, tiled roofs. Casement windows. At each end of the main front are 2 low towers containing water tanks. 2 projections With gables between these and the centre. Arcaded ground floor with gabled porches between the main gabled projections. In the centre of the main front is the chapel which is a Decorated stone building which projects. This has 2-light windows with quatrefoils in the spandels; formerly, pointed bell turret on either side of roof. Listing NGR: TR0136261380

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

Map

Location

Grid reference TR 0116 6125 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2006 6:00PM