Description

GILLINGHAM

TQ86NW HIGH STREET, Rainham
686-1/8/104 (North side)
24/02/50 No.113
The Old Parsonage

GV II

House. Mid-late C17, C19 front left extension, altered mid
C20. Flemish bond brick with a large central ridge stack to
rear roof, and a tiled roof with 2 hips at the front and an
axial rear connecting ridge.
PLAN: double-depth with central lobby entry.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys and attic; 2-window range. Double fronted
with a plat band all round and projecting rafters, a central
C20 timber doorcase with architrave, bracketed pediment and
panelled door; flanking segmental-arched ground-floor windows,
and C20 first-floor tripartite 6/6-pane sash, and 2 casement
hipped dormers. To the left a mid C19 projecting service block
of similar materials with hipped roof, left-hand stacks and
C20 3-light casement to the front. The left-hand return has a
hipped possible stair tower.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORY: possibly an early form of double-pile house, with a
notably large central stack.

Listing NGR: TQ8180665906

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558163

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)