Listed Building record TQ 75 NE 608 - 1 HIGH STREET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1833 to 1974.

Location

Grid reference TQ 7608 5578 (point)
Map sheet TQ75NE
County KENT
District MAIDSTONE, KENT
Civil Parish MAIDSTONE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HIGH STREET 1. 5278 (South-West Side) No 1 to 7 (odd) TQ 7655 NW 2/267 II GV
2. Includes Nos 1 to 7 (odd) Week Street. Formerly a public house known as 'The Gin Palace.' Mid C19. 3 storeys red brick. Slate roof with bracket eaves cornice, 4 sashes set in Italianate architraves 1st floor windows have cornices and console brackets. Modern shopfront. The Week Street elevation has 5 bays. 3 of the 1st floor windows have 3 lights. Grade II for group value.
Nos 1, 3 & 5 to 9 (consec) form a group.
Listing NGR: TQ7608155783
(1)

In 2013 Wessex Archaeology carried out a building survey in the cellar. (2)


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Wessex Archaeology, 2013, HSBC Bank 1, High Street & 1-5, Week Street, Maidstone, Kent: Historic building record and archaeological watching brief report (Unpublished document). SKE25222.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2013. HSBC Bank 1, High Street & 1-5, Week Street, Maidstone, Kent: Historic building record and archaeological watching brief report.

Finds (0)

Protected Status/Designation

Related Monuments/Buildings (0)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: Building survey, HSBC Bank, 1, High Street & 1-5, Week Street, Maidstone (EKE13233)

Record last edited

Nov 12 2013 2:43PM