Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ7668NW PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
686-1/5/48 (East side)
21/12/73 No.14
(Formerly Listed as:
PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
Nos.2-20 (Consecutive))

GV II

House. c1730. English bond brick, roof not visible.
STYLE: Mid Georgian.
PLAN: double-depth.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 6-window range. A wide,
parapeted front with a thin brick cornice, and brick
segmental-arched openings. A right of centre doorway has
square posts to a a flat canopy, antae, and narrow overlight
to a 6-panel door with the top pair glazed; to the left a
lower doorway to a through passage with a boarded door. Late
C19 hornless 6/1-pane sashes in exposed frames, with blind
windows to the outer bay on the second floor.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: notable for the use of the older English bond, in
contrast to the very similar but Flemish-bonded No.15 (qv).
Prospect Row was begun around 1705 and completed by 1756.
Part of a varied terrace of early-mid Georgian houses (qqv).
(MacDougall P: The Chatham Dockyard Story: Rainham: 1987-:
66).

Listing NGR: TQ7612968728

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550720

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  ENGLAND GUIDE TO POST WAR LISTED: A Guide to Post-war Listed Buildings
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