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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26550722

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)