Listed Building record TQ 76 NW 471 - 34 AND 36 HIGH STREET
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TQ 7424 6867 (point) |
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Map sheet | TQ76NW |
Civil Parish | ROCHESTER & CHATHAM, MEDWAY, KENT |
County | KENT |
Unitary Authority | MEDWAY |
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Full Description
The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 NW 7/53 Nos 34 and 36 23.8.74 GV II House, now shops with living accommodation above. Mid C18 re- modelling of an earlier house. red brick with some early fine pointing. 3½ storeys; symmetrical 5 window range. C20 shop front set into a c.1900 surround with panelled pilasters, moulded cornice and open ironwork brattishing. 12-pane sash windows to 1st and 2nd floors (hornless to 2nd); 6-pane sashes to upper half storey. Sills and painted window arches throughout. Central opening to each floor blocked. Parapet. Interior: c.1700 stair with turned newels and balusters survives between 1st and 3rd floor. One completely panelled room: 2 tiers of large panels with moulded stiles and muntins. Some panelling to present hall and corridors. 2 c.1900 fireplaces with tiled surrounds on 1st floor. Below ground level are the remains of an early C14 valuted undercroft; the valut itself has collapsed (remains of chamfered ribs survive, some embedded in later walling) but the shaft and capitals are in situ: simple roll moulding to capitals and bases with springers for quadrapartite vault.
Listing NGR: TQ7424268678 (1)
Historic England archive material: BF083335 34-36 High Street, Rochester
<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SKE16160 Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2024 3:10PM