Listed Building record TQ 86 NW 1175 - OASTHOUSES AND THEATRE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1830 to 1985

Location

Grid reference TQ 8189 6577 (point)
Map sheet TQ86NW
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
TQ86NW STRATFORD LANE, Rainham 686-1/8/120 (South side) 21/12/73 Nos.1-9 (Odd) Oasthouses and theatre (Formerly Listed as: STRATFORD LANE, Rainham Five Oasthouses)
GV II
Range of 5 oasthouses, now houses and theatre. c1850, converted to houses c1980. Flemish bond brick with gable stack and tiled roof. PLAN: rectangular plan store range with E oasts, 2 square oasts at S end and 3 round ones to the rear of the long range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 14-bay range. Long store has N 1-window gable with 2 doorways, and a moulded stack, and a 3-window range to the rear block; rubbed red brick cambered heads and exposed frames with 6/6-pane sashes, 3/6-pane sashes in S return, and a central recessed bay with late C20 entrances. Two first-floor former loading doorways at the S end. Oasts have inserted windows, angled brick eaves and timber cowls. The NE corner has a truncated pyramidal roof. INTERIOR: altered during conversion with insertion of dividing walls and floors. Externally complete and an historically significant survival in its present urban context.
Listing NGR: TQ8189865797


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

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Record last edited

Jan 31 2013 12:41PM