Listed Building record TQ 86 NW 1170 - POOH HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1300 to 1866

Location

Grid reference TQ 8298 6553 (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 MOOR STREET, Rainham 686-1/8/114 (South side) 21/12/73 Nos.1 AND 2 The Homestead (No.1) and Pooh House (No.2) (Formerly Listed as: MOOR STREET, Rainham (South West side) The Homestead)
II
House, extended and now two. Reported by owner to be C14/15; extended and altered mid C19. Rendered, brick rear range, brick ridge stack and lateral stacks to left-hand end and right-hand side of front wing, and tiled hipped double pile roof. PLAN: long single-depth range with right-of-centre front wing and parallel rear range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 6-window range. Principal range has small gablets, and a short wing projecting in front of the ridge stack. Left-hand 3-light casements, 2 tripartite sashes separated by a 6/6-pane sash; 1 sash to the wing, and a casement to the right-hand section. Right-hand end has a recessed doorway with bracketed canopy to a C20 door; to the right ground- and first-floor 3-light casements. Left-hand end has a small 3-light window under the eaves; the unpainted rear range has a timber doorcase with pilasters and bracketed canopy to a panelled door, and a 3-light window above. INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported by owner to contain elements of timber-frame. A large and complex house, more detailed investigation of which might prove it to be of an earlier date.
Listing NGR: TQ8299065536


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

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM