Listed Building record TQ 97 SW 1163 - CHURCH HOUSE

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HIGH STREET 1. 5282 (North Side) Queenborough No 76 TQ 9072 SE 1/65 19.10.51. (Church House)
II GV 2. Said to have belonged to Lady Hamilton. Circa 1700. 2 storeys, basement and attics, red brick. Roof has 2 cambered dormers. Plain eaves. Brick band. 5 sash windows in exposed sash frames with original glazing bars. Rubbed brick headers over windows. 2 small basement windows. Central doorcase with fine fluted pilasters, moulded architrave, ornamented soffit and entablature with triglyph frieze. Panelled reveals. Fanlight over door with circular tracery ornament. 6 fielded panelled doors.
Listing NGR: TQ9089072282

Church House is a two storey red brick building with a basement and attics, which dates to 1703. It has five sash windows in exposed sash frames with original glazing bars. There is a tiled roof with a brick band at each end, plain eaves and two cambered dormer windows. At each end there are tall brick chimney stacks. The central doorcase has fine fluted pilasters, a moulded architrave, ornamented soffit and entablature with triglyph frieze. The doorcase features the text 'CHURCH HOUSE MDCCII'. It has a six fielded panelled door above which is a fanlight with circular tracery. [1-4]
An historic area appraisal of the small town of Queenborough and its suburban outgrowth Rushenden, on the Isle of Sheppey, was carried out by English Heritage between 2005 and 2006. The resulting report was completed in 2006. The assessment was prompted by proposals for new development at Queenborough, as part of the wider regional planning initiatives. The report contains a contextual account of the development of the settlement, thematic sections assessing the architectural evidence for its housing and industry and a section relating to conservation and planning issues that identifies its key character areas. It is illustrated with historic and contemporary maps and illustrations, including new photography commissioned for the appraisal. In addition to a full bibliography there are three appendices: a gazetteer of surviving 18th and early 19th century buildings; an account of the key industries of Queenborough; and a compendium of OS maps and phase maps indicating construction dates for all extant buildings. (1)

An historic area appraisal of the small town of Queenborough and its suburban outgrowth Rushenden, on the Isle of Sheppey, was carried out by English Heritage between 2005 and 2006. The resulting report was completed in 2006. The assessment was prompted by proposals for new development at Queenborough, as part of the wider regional planning initiatives. The report contains a contextual account of the development of the settlement, thematic sections assessing the architectural evidence for its housing and industry and a section relating to conservation and planning issues that identifies its key character areas. It is illustrated with historic and contemporary maps and illustrations, including new photography commissioned for the appraisal. In addition to a full bibliography there are three appendices: a gazetteer of surviving 18th and early 19th century buildings; an account of the key industries of Queenborough; and a compendium of OS maps and phase maps indicating construction dates for all extant buildings. (5)

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

<2> NMR Buildings File: BF109552 (Verbal communication). SKE59228.

<3> 1895, Kent 1:2500 1895 (Map). SKE58884.

<4> 2007, Ordnance Survey Map 1:2500, 2007 (Map). SKE59229.

<5> Susie Barson, Jonathan Clarke, Geraint Franklin, Joanna Smith, 2006, Queenborough, Isle of Sheppey , Kent; Historic Area Appraisal (Unspecified Type). SKE59213.