Listed Building record TR 06 SW 1220 - ST ANNS CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1799

Location

Grid reference TR 0105 6117 (point)
Map sheet TR06SW
District SWALE, KENT
Civil Parish FAVERSHAM, SWALE, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
FAVERSHAM
659/2/372 SOUTH ROAD
27-SEP-89 (Southeast side)
ST ANN'S CROSS PUBLIC HOUSE
II
Public house, now house. c1850. Stucco with ridge stacks and slate hipped roof.
PLAN: Double-depth plan.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and basement; 3-window range. Symmetrical front has rusticated quoins and a raised central section. Steps with cast-iron railings with splat balusters up to a half-glazed double door in a segmental-arched entablature on pilasters. Tripartite ground-floor windows with 2/2-pane sashes in moulded surrounds, first-floor 6/6-pane sashes with small corbels. Small cellar window to right with glazing bars. Paired modillion eaves. Left return has ground-floor sash to the front and wide pub window to the rear. 3-window rear elevation with 6/6-pane sashes. Stacks with moulded cornices.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
HISTORY: The nearby Chart Gunpowder Mills formed part of the Home Works. The Mills were rationalised after 1854 when all the Faversham works came under the control of William Hall; the C18 house of the Superintendent of the works bore the same name. The sale by the first recorded licensee was made in 1853.
(Percival, A J, 'The Faversham Gunpowder Industry and its development', Faversham Papers, No 4, 3rd Ed. 1986; 'Inns and Taverns of Faversham', Faversham Papers, No 19).
Listing NGR: TR0106161175


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