Listed Building record TQ 76 NW 444 - Nos 17 - 39 Star Hill

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1800 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 7464 6799 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NW
County KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
ROCHESTER STAR HILL TQ 7468 SE 10/255 Nos 17-39 (odd) inclusive 24.10.50 II Terrace of 12 houses, in 6 pairs. Early C19. Flemish bond gault brick, slate roofs mansarded; double pile plan. All 4 storeys with attics Nos 17-31 2 bays, Nos 33-39 3 bays, stepped up hill in pairs, each pair slightly stepped back from next. Nos 17-31 have one basement 16-pane, one ground - and a first floor 12- pane, and 2 second floor smaller 12-pane sash windows with glazing bars, all under flat rubbed brick arches. Nos 33-39 have 2 bay basements, 3 bays above, all sashes with glazing bars. External stairs to each door, gault checks, Portland stone treads, cast-iron rails with spear tops. Each has 6 panel door, 4 upper panels raised and fielded with semi-circular fanlights with cast-iron glazing bars under 2 concentric semi-circular arches. Some painted rubbed brick arches. Some fanlight glazing bars missing, Nos 17-23 only intact. Coped parapets with lower string course, single dormers now mostly with replacement casements, originally sashes with glazing bars, surviving to No 17 only. Large stacks on each party wall division. No 39 alone has surving front garden railings. Rear has areas, some with single French doors, sashes with glazing bars above. Interiors: Reeded cornices, 6 panel raised and fielded doors, stairs off axis and top lit, stick balusters, turned newels, stained rails. Built in pairs, No 25 said to be 1816, No 37 1810.
Listing NGR: TQ7463668030


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

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Record last edited

Feb 9 2010 2:28PM