Listed Building: OYSTER BAY HOUSE (1240318)
Grade | II |
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Authority | |
Volume/Map/Item | 659, 4, 220 |
Date assigned | 20 September 1988 |
Date last amended |
Description
In the entry for:
IRON WHARF TR 06 SW 'The Big Building' 4/220 (Warehouse immediately north east of Standard House) - II
the address shall be amended to read:
TR 06 SW IRON WHARF 4/220 Oyster Bay House - II
The following building shall be added to the list: IRON WHARF 1. 1103 TR 06 SW 4/220 'The Big Building' (Warehouse immediately north east of Standard House) II
Warehouse. Circa mid C19, said to have been built circa 1843 when the creek was improved. Buff-coloured stock brick. Welsh slate roof with gabled ends and brick dentil eaves cornice. Plan: Rectangular on plan. Its north end to the creek has a hoist and a doorway at each floor for loading/unloading. There is also a hoist and doorway at each floor level at the opposite south end. Exterior: 3 storeys, the second storey partly in the roof space. 5- bay east and west sides and 3-bay north and south ends, the bays divided by brick pilasters, those at the ends clasping the corners. Segmental brick arch openings with original 16-pane cast-iron windows which have bosses at the inter- sections of the glazing bars. There is a doorway on the ground floor at right of the west side with an original door and a wider doorway at the centre of the east side. The gable ends have a central doorway on each floor with plank double doors, the ground floor doorway on the south end enlarged later and on the gables at both ends a weatherboarded timber-framed hoist housing containing old hoist mechanisms; the hoist housing at the north end rises above the main roof level. Interior: not inspected.
Listing NGR: TR0212462038
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Sources (1)
- SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
Location
Grid reference | TR 0212 6203 (point) |
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Map sheet | TR06SW |
Civil Parish | FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Record last edited
Nov 15 2006 6:00PM