Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1086 - ALMHOUSES (NOS 1 TO 30 AND THE CHAPEL)

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1863 to 1864

Location

Grid reference TR 0116 6125 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
County KENT
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
SOUTH ROAD 1. 1103 (North-west Side)
Almshouses (Nos 1 to 30 & TR 0l6l SW 2/157A The Chapel) II
2. Gothic building of 1863-4 designed by Messrs Hooker and Wheeler of Brenchley, Kent, and built by G W Chinnock brothers of Southampton. Symmetrical range 470 feet long, with return wings 120 feet long facing Tanners Street and Napleton Street. Red brick, with white bulk bands and stone dressings, tiled roofs. Casement windows. At each end of the main front are 2 low towers containing water tanks. 2 projections With gables between these and the centre. Arcaded ground floor with gabled porches between the main gabled projections. In the centre of the main front is the chapel which is a Decorated stone building which projects. This has 2-light windows with quatrefoils in the spandels; formerly, pointed bell turret on either side of roof.
Listing NGR: TR0136261380 (1)

Historic England archive material: BF088669 1-30, SOUTH ROAD, FAVERSHAM


<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <1>XY Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [Mapped feature: #33234 Listed building, ]

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  • Non-Intrusive Event: Investigation by RCHME/EH Architectural Survey (EKE19937)

Record last edited

Mar 19 2024 11:39AM