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15, Prospect Row

A Grade II Listed Building in Gillingham, Medway

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3902 / 51°23'24"N

Longitude: 0.53 / 0°31'48"E

OS Eastings: 576126

OS Northings: 168719

OS Grid: TQ761687

Mapcode National: GBR PPP.W92

Mapcode Global: VHJLV.4BK4

Plus Code: 9F329GRJ+32

Entry Name: 15, Prospect Row

Listing Date: 24 February 1950

Last Amended: 5 December 1996

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1259625

English Heritage Legacy ID: 462697

ID on this website: 101259625

Location: Brompton, Medway, Kent, ME7

County: Medway

Electoral Ward/Division: River

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Gillingham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

Church of England Parish: Gillingham St Mark

Church of England Diocese: Rochester

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Description



GILLINGHAM

TQ7668NW PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
686-1/5/49 (East side)
24/02/50 No.15
(Formerly Listed as:
PROSPECT ROW, Brompton
Nos.2-20 (Consecutive))

GV II

House. c1740. Flemish bond brick, roof not visible.
STYLE: Mid Georgian
PLAN: double-depth.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and basement; 4-window range. A parapeted
front with a thin brick cornice, and rubbed brick
segmental-arched openings. A left of centre doorway has
cast-iron posts to a flat canopy with thin modillion cornice,
antae, and a round-arched doorway with plate-glass fanlight
and half-glazed early C20 door; hornless 6/6-pane sashes in
exposed, flush frames, with blind windows to the 2nd and 4th
bays from the left on the second floor.
INTERIOR: contains a wainscotted through passage divided by an
elliptical arch, with a dogleg lateral stair.
HISTORY: notable for the use of the newer Flemish bond, in
contrast to the very similar but English-bonded No.14 (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: TQ7612668719

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