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Thorndikes and Former Stable and Coach House Adjoining

A Grade II Listed Building in Rochester, Medway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3853 / 51°23'6"N

Longitude: 0.4998 / 0°29'59"E

OS Eastings: 574043

OS Northings: 168100

OS Grid: TQ740681

Mapcode National: GBR PPV.160

Mapcode Global: VHJLT.MF3X

Plus Code: 9F329FPX+4W

Entry Name: Thorndikes and Former Stable and Coach House Adjoining

Listing Date: 19 February 1970

Last Amended: 2 December 1991

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1086441

English Heritage Legacy ID: 173171

ID on this website: 101086441

Location: Troy Town, Medway, Kent, ME1

County: Medway

Electoral Ward/Division: Rochester West

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Rochester

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Rochester St Peter Parish Centre

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

Tagged with: Carriage house

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Description


ROCHESTER ST MARGARET'S STREET
TQ 7468 SW
9/238 No 60 (Thorndikes)
and former stable
and coach-house
adjoining
(formerly listed
as The Vicarage and
Stable
19-2-70 adjoining)
GV II
House, formerly the Rectory to St Margaret's. 1781 (possibly
incorporating earlier work) with alterations of 1870. Brick
(with some stone dressings); Kent tile hipped and gable-end
roofs. Double depth, forming two separately roofed parallel
ranges with end stacks, a side wing, and a stable and carriage
house facing on to the street. Front: asymmetrical range; 2
dormers with Yorkshire sashes. Left-of-centre doorway (surround
with pilasters, moulded canopy on shaped brackets, and panelled
door); to the right a storeyed canted Victorian wing, with
sandstone dressings, dentilled cornice and pierced parapet,
string course between the storeys, rubbed brick elliptical window
arches and 2:4:2 horned sashes. To the left, 2 window bays
remain of a regular Georgian front, with sash windows in flush
frames (glazing bars to 1st storey only), and rubbed brick flat
arches. Projecting forward and to either side are the single-
storey stable and coachhouse each with hipped roof and round-
headed arched doorway (that to the right blocked). Side wing
with sashes. Rear: regular 4-window range. 12-pane sashes under
rubbed brick flat arches, and a C20 left-of-centre glazed door.
The name of the house commemorates the fact that Dame Sybil
Thorndike spent much of her childhood here when her father was
Rector of St Margaret's.


Listing NGR: TQ7404368100

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