Listed Building record TQ 76 NE 1080 - Nos 7 & 8 Mansion Row (West side) (formerly listed as Nos 22 - 6, 6A, 7 & 8)

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1767 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 7628 6887 (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
TQ7668NW MANSION ROW, Brompton 686-1/5/10 (West side) 24/02/50 Nos.7 AND 8 (Formerly Listed as: MANSION ROW, Brompton (West side) Nos.2-6, 6A, 7, 8 (Consecutive) Cambridge House (No.4))
GV II
House, now attached pair of houses. Late C18, altered early C19. Flemish bond brick, stone dressings, tile-hung rear, axial stacks behind the ridge and tiled roof. STYLE: Mid Georgian. PLAN: double-depth. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 5-window range. A near symmetrical front has a thin brick cornice and parapet, good central timber doorcase with architrave, scrolled brackets to an open pediment, panelled reveals and soffit, and a fine metal fanlight with enriched spandrels, and door with 6 raised panels. To the right is a round-arched doorway with very fine fluted quarter Ionic columns, a door with 2 round-topped panels, and a good metal tear-drop fanlight. Rubbed brick flat arches to plate-glass sashes, and 3/3-pane second-floor sashes. 3-window rear, with a single-storey service range to No.8 and 2-storey late C19 extension to No.7. INTERIOR: No.8 contains a central dogleg stair with turned balusters and column newels, uncut string; ovolo moulding to front door. One build with Nos 5 and 6 (qv) to the right, dated 1775.
Listing NGR: TQ7627868878


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

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Record last edited

Feb 15 2010 2:08PM