Listed Building record TQ 86 NW 1166 - DURLAND HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1500 to 1832

Location

Grid reference TQ 8201 6581 (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 HIGH STREET, Rainham 686-1/8/105 (South side) 24/02/50 No.160 Durland House
GV II
House, now retirement home. C16, encased and second storey added late C17, ground-floor altered early C19. Red Flemish bond brick with black headers, tile-hung rear, brick rear lateral stacks and tiled hipped valley roof. PLAN: T-shaped 2-room plan with rear service range. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and cellar; 4-window range. Double fronted with plinth, plat bands to ground and first floors, and eaves cornice; largely C19 ground floor has a round-arched doorway set in a similar recess, with channelled imposts, radial fanlight and good 6-panel door, and flanking tripartite windows with 6/6-pane and 2/2-pane sashes; first-floor rubbed brick flat arches with stepped keystones, to horned 2/2-pane sashes in exposed flush frames. Ends have parapets with curved front ends, plat bands, and 1-window range, the S end has a blind second-floor window. Rear is tile-hung, with a short SE lean-to and external stack, split roof, and stuccoed 2-storey C16 range. INTERIOR: a central through passage contains a front dogleg stair with column newels and stick balusters, and an elliptical arch; rear range has a large fireplace and chamfered stopped lateral and axial beams, and a rear left-hand winder service stair; first-floor has lateral beams pegged to jowl posts with mortice holes to the front and rear range; 2-panel doors, cupboards with HL-hinges, and a stone winder stair to the cellar.
Listing NGR: TQ8201565808


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