Description

ROCHESTER HIGH STREET
TQ 7468 NW
7/46 No 20
24.10.50
GV II
Former house, now shop with accommodation above. Early C19.
Brown brick; Kent clay tile roof, hipped towards street. Right-
hand lateral brick stack. 3½ storeys; 3 window range. Prominent
cornice below renewed blocking courses. Principal room to lst
floor marked by 15-pane hornless sash windows recessed under
round-headed arches divided by pilasters with panelled stucco
capitals; delicate lattice-work iron railings to balcony. 2nd
floor and upper half-storey windows under flat brick arches with
12 and 6-pane hornless sashes respectively. Contemporary
rainwater goods between Nos 18 and 20. ground floor with 4
debased Ionic piers surviving from early shop front, the rest
mid-C20 plate glass window set in opaque glazed surround. Some
sash windows to rear. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: TQ7421868711

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26620648

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Recommended Books

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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)