Description

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TQ 75 NW
8/141

LONDON ROAD (south west side)
No 81, Medway House

(Formerly listed as No 81 (Fanum House))

30.7.51

II
Large late C18 building originally the Seven Stars Hotel. Three storeys and basement, red brick. Parapet with pediment-shaped outline in the centre portion above the centre window bay. Circle of ornamental bricks in the tympanum of this pediment. Stringcourse above each floor. Seven windows including two curved bays of three windows each on all floors. Glazing bars intact. Centre first floor window round-headed. Centre second floor window circular. Five semi-circular steps leading up to the doorway. Deep round hood over the doorway, its frieze enriched and with dentilled cornice. Rectangular fanlight below the hood. Four-panel double doors. Modern addition in neo-Georgian style to the south containing two storeys and three windows. Ground floor addition of two windows to the north.

Listing NGR: TQ7497156185

External Links

• Wikidata Q26376749

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)