Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1150 - CONSTITUTION CRESCENT

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1810 to 1850

Location

Grid reference TQ 6499 7327 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5277 SOUTH HILL ROAD (South Side)
Constitution Crescent Nos 1 to 4 (consec) TQ 6473 SE 5/32 TQ 6473 SW 6/32
II GV
2. Crescent of 4 houses of about 1830, 3 storeys attic and basement above ground level. Faced with Roman cement, the ground floor stuccoed. Mansarded slate roofs with 3 dormers to each house. Parapet and moulded stone eaves cornice. Stringcourse above ground floor. 3 sashes to each house. The windows above ground floor are set in moulded surrounds with architraves over those on the lst floor and friezes with paterae. Iron balconettes to Nos 1 and 4. Ground floor windows are round-headed and recessed. In front of the ground floor is a projecting terrace with stuccoed balustrade and 4 centred arches below it at basement level flanked by rusticated pilasters, one in each house containing a doorway. No 4 lacks this terrace but has 2 flights of steps, one curved, leading up to the entrances of Nos 1-3 on the ground floor, Nos 1 and 4 have an additional ground floor portion of 2 window bays at the outer end of the houses (to which additions have been made at a later date in the case of No 4). Round-headed doorways with semi-circular fanlights.
Nos 1 to 4 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ6498973282


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM