Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1117 - MEDWAY HOSPITAL, LAUNDRY WATER TOWER

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1880 to 1920

Location

Grid reference TQ 7705 6769 (point)
Map sheet TQ76NE
County KENT
Civil Parish GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT
Unitary Authority MEDWAY

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:

GILLINGHAM
TQ76NE YORK AVENUE 686-1/7/1 (South side) Medway Hospital, laundry water tower
GV II
Laundry water tower and chimney. c1900. Brick with lead pyramidal roof. Square plan. A battered tower has a plain crow-stepped gable to the entrance front defined by 8 round-arched recessed panels above, to an overhanging brick tank on false machicolations with gabled half dormers, to the sloping roof, to a central octagonal truncated chimney. Segmental-arched ground-floor openings, with a central doorway and flanking windows with metal frames, and an oculus above. HISTORY: a notable unified water tower and boiler chimney, and part of a former military hospital with wards and clock tower (not included). A rare design, listed for its landmark value and architectural interest. Flanking laundry buildings are not of special interest.
Listing NGR: TQ7697568044

Historic England archive material: BF101366 ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL, CHATHAM Miniature Format Film Number: 187/V


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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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Non-Intrusive Event: RCHME: Hospitals Project (EKE20853)

Record last edited

May 8 2025 11:35AM