Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ86NW MOOR STREET, Rainham
686-1/8/114 (South side)
21/12/73 Nos.1 AND 2
The Homestead (No.1) and Pooh House
(No.2)
(Formerly Listed as:
MOOR STREET, Rainham
(South West side)
The Homestead)

II

House, extended and now two. Reported by owner to be C14/15;
extended and altered mid C19. Rendered, brick rear range,
brick ridge stack and lateral stacks to left-hand end and
right-hand side of front wing, and tiled hipped double pile
roof.
PLAN: long single-depth range with right-of-centre front wing
and parallel rear range.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 6-window range. Principal range has small
gablets, and a short wing projecting in front of the ridge
stack. Left-hand 3-light casements, 2 tripartite sashes
separated by a 6/6-pane sash; 1 sash to the wing, and a
casement to the right-hand section. Right-hand end has a
recessed doorway with bracketed canopy to a C20 door; to the
right ground- and first-floor 3-light casements. Left-hand end
has a small 3-light window under the eaves; the unpainted rear
range has a timber doorcase with pilasters and bracketed
canopy to a panelled door, and a 3-light window above.
INTERIOR: not inspected, but reported by owner to contain
elements of timber-frame.
A large and complex house, more detailed investigation of
which might prove it to be of an earlier date.

Listing NGR: TQ8299065536

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550772

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)