Listed Building record TQ 76 NW 510 - ST CATHERINE'S HOSPITAL WITH WALL AND RAILINGS TO FRONT

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1805 to 1805

Location

Grid reference TQ 7463 6792 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NW
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER STAR HILL TQ 7467 NE 12/254 St Catherine's Hospital with wall and railings to front 23.8.74 II Almshouses. Dated 1805, the charity dating back to 1316. English bond red brick, slate roofs. Single storey block 14 bays long in 3-3-3-3-2 bay arrangement. Tudor-Gothick style. 9 casement cross windows under 4-centred flat rubbed brick arches. 5 bays brought forward with chamfered jambs and 2 concentric rubbed brick arches. Originally to house doors, now windows. Deep projecting eaves, 6 stacks with 3 diagonally set stacks each. 3 central bays have coped parapet projection eaves with inscription. Attached brick parapet wall with contemporary spear topped rails. Rear facade repeats that to Star Hill. Fall of hill to south allows for 2 storey elevation to King Street. Later addition to Delce Street frontage, much altered, with Tudor Gothick details.
Listing NGR: TQ7463767891


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