Description

ROCHESTER HIGH STREET TQ 7468 (EASTGATE) 9/81 No 156 24.10.50 GV II* Former town house, now offices. A C18 re-fronting and internal re-modelling of a C17 building. Brick front, Kent tile mansard roof; timber-framed to rear, partly weatherboarded, rendered and brick clad. Double-depth plan; entrance hall and stair to left, but stairs originally contained in a rear turret. 3 storeys and attic. Front: regular 4-window range. 2 flat-roofed dormers, one with a sash, the other with a 2-light casement window. rebuilt parapet with stone coping. Moulded brick cornice. 12- pane hornless sashes in reveals under flat window arches, with stone sills, to all floors including the 2 to ground (where the reveals continue below sill level). Left-hand wooden doorcase with panelled reveals; panelled door with fanlight. Simpler doorway to right. Interior: considerable remains of C18 wall panelling, also internal shutters. Good lateral open oval well stair rises through all floors, wreathed rail and stick balusters. Some late C17 panelling to former framed stair turret.

Listing NGR: TQ7448468287

External Links

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Recommended Books

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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)