Listed Building record TQ 67 SW 1124 - Nos. 20 to 24 Stone Street (West Side) Gravesend
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 6470 7398 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ67SW |
Civil Parish | GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT |
County | KENT |
District | GRAVESHAM, KENT |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
1. 5277 STONE STREET (West Side)
Nos 20 to 24 (consec) TQ 6474 SE 1/29 TQ 6473 NE 3/29
II GV
2. A small terrace of houses. The core of Nos 21, 22 and 23 was originally the old workhouse erected in 1797. About 1847, it was converted into houses, Nos 20 and 24 added and the back part of the old building pulled down. 3 storeys and basement stuccoed. Parapet and cornice, 11 sashes in all with most glazing bars intact. Mainly moulded surrounds with architraves and cornices and brackets to 1st floor windows. Nos 20-23 have rusticated stuccoed ground floors. No 24 has a modern brick ground floor. Doorcases with rectangular fanlights to Nos 20 and 21. No 20 has a small modern shopfront, No 22 a shopfront and No 23 has a large round-headed arched shopfront with keystone.
Nos 20 to 24 (consec) form a group. (1)
Listing NGR: TQ6470273970
In 2015 the building was subjected to a historic building recording programme.
From the report :
"Analysis of historic maps, photographs and documentary evidence has identified that
following construction in c. 1847, No. 24 Stone Street was established as the Bricklayers
Arms public house around c. 1851. By c. 1915 the ground floor of the building had a timber
panelled frontage with glazed upper sections (Plate 1). The Trade Directories indicate that the
name of the pub changed to the Station Hotel between 1918 and 1922.
Photographic evidence suggests that the ground floor timber frontage was upgraded to brick
between c. 1930 and 1960 (Plate 2). Towards the end of the 20th century the pub became
known as the Station Inn. It was around this time that the prosperity of the public house began
to decline. Local newspapers report a number of episodes of dereliction during the 1970s and
the 1990s.
Historic maps from the 19th and 20th centuries (Plate 3 & 4) have identified that the layout of
the original part of the building appears to have changed very little between at least the late
19th and late 20th century. The planning history of the property has identified that both the
first and second floors underwent alterations around c. 1991. The Gravesend Tithe Map of
1842 shows part of the former workhouse complex in the location of the proposed new
extension on the western side of the building.
The Historic Building Recording has identified that there is good survival of the original
internal walls within first and second floors the building (See Figure 6 & 8). There is also
considered to be a relatively good level of survival of likely original architectural features
including architraves, ceiling roses, fire grates and surrounds.
The Historic England listing description details the survival of the original timber sash
windows and surrounding external architraves. The historic building recording has confirmed
a good level of survival of these external features. The extent of the survival of the underlying
ground floor façade following its remodelling between c. 1930 and 1960 is unclear"(2)
Historic England archive material: BF087959 THE STATION INN, 24, STONE STREET, GRAVESEND
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
<2> AB Heritage, 2015, No. 24 Stone Street,Gravesend, Kent. Level 3-4 Historic Building Recording (Unpublished document). SKE31652.
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Related Events/Activities (1)
- Intrusive Event: No 24 Stone Street, Historic Building Recording (Ref: 10713) (EKE15374)
Record last edited
Mar 18 2024 12:13PM