Listed Building: ST ANNS CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE (1240590)

Grade II
Authority
Volume/Map/Item 659, 2, 372
Date assigned 27 September 1989
Date last amended

Description

FAVERSHAM 659/2/372 SOUTH ROAD 27-SEP-89 (Southeast side) ST ANN'S CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE II Public house, now house. c1850. Stucco with ridge stacks and slate hipped roof. PLAN: Double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Symmetrical front has rusticated quoins and a raised central section. Steps with cast-iron railings with splat balusters up to a half-glazed double door in a segmental-arched entablature on pilasters. Tripartite ground-floor windows with 2/2-pane sashes in moulded surrounds, first-floor 6/6-pane sashes with small corbels. Small cellar window to right with glazing bars. Paired modillion eaves. Left return has ground-floor sash to the front and wide pub window to the rear. 3-window rear elevation with 6/6-pane sashes. Stacks with moulded cornices. INTERIOR: Not inspected. HISTORY: The nearby Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works. The Mills were rationalised after 1854 when all the Faversham works came under the control of William Hall; the C18 house of the Superintendent of the works bore the same name. The sale by the first recorded licensee was made in 1853. (Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, No 4, 3rd Ed. 1986; 'Inns and Taverns of Faversham', Faversham Papers, No 19). Listing NGR: TR0106161175

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

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Location

Grid reference TR 0105 6117 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Record last edited

Nov 15 2006 6:00PM