Listed Building record TQ 76 NW 544 - 296 AND 298 HIGH STREET

Summary

Grade II listed building. Pair of mid 18th century houses. It is a three storey building constructed from brick with a parapet and a Kent tile roof, it is built to a double depth plan. To the front there are four symmetrical bays, the outer ones being canted. To the ground floor there is an arched central entrance with architrave surround. it is flanked by two doorways with pedimented Tuscan Doric doorcases. To the first and second floors, between the canted bays are sash windows. At eaves level there is a wooden console bracket broken forward the canted bays.

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Grid reference TQ 7486 6798 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NW
Civil Parish ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET St TQ 7467 NE Margaret's Banks) 12/96 Nos 296 and 298 20.3.72 GV II Two houses, now offices. C17 in part, considerably altered late C20. Timber-framed with brick end walls and underbuilding; weatherboarding to 1st floor throughout (all re-clad in 1980s); Kent-tile gabled-end roofs. Front range (each house separately roofed) with rear wings. 2 storeys and attic. Front: entirely rebuilt in 1980s 4-window range (2:2) 2-light hipped dormer to No 298. 12-pane horned sashes in revealed frames to 1st floor. 1st floor jettied and supported on corbelled brick piers. 2 shop fronts with barred windows. Rear wing has a jettied 2nd floor gabled attic room with a 2-light casement, and a canted oriel supported by C17 caryatid brackets; otherwise the windows are sashes in revealed frames and casements, all renewed. Ridge stack. Interior not fully inspected but appears to have a few remaining contemporary features to ground-floor.
Listing NGR: TQ7486167984 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF104686 296-300 HIGH STREET, ROCHESTER


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

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  • <1> Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)

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