Listed Building record TQ 86 NW 1168 - MOOR STREET HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1733 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 8305 6558 (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
686-1/8/115 (North side)
24/02/50 Moor Street House
GV II
Includes: Moor Street House SEYMOUR ROAD.
Farmhouse. Mid-late C18, extended early C19. Flemish bond
brick with gable and ridge stacks, tiled roof, half hipped to
the rear.
PLAN: 2-room plan with rear extension.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 5-window range. Double-fronted with a
corbelled eaves cornice, left-of-centre doorway has an
architrave and flat canopy, 6-panel door and 3-pane overlight;
segmental arched heads to 6/6-pane sashes; gables have a
2-centre arched attic casement behind the stack.
Left-hand rear C19 wing is a 2-window range with an end
lean-to, an off-centre entrance with 6-panel door, the top
pair glazed with a flat canopy, ground-floor tripartite sashes
and first-floor mullion casements. Rear of front range has a
large hipped stair tower, and a small dormer with cambered
head.
INTERIOR: has a collar truss roof and a dogleg stair.
The asymmetrical front fenestration and entrance and the large
stair tower suggest an earlier build, although no conclusive
evidence for this was found.
Listing NGR: TQ8307365625


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