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Latitude: 51.3898 / 51°23'23"N
Longitude: 0.5034 / 0°30'12"E
OS Eastings: 574277
OS Northings: 168617
OS Grid: TQ742686
Mapcode National: GBR PPN.VGC
Mapcode Global: VHJLT.PB0D
Plus Code: 9F329GQ3+W9
Entry Name: King's Head Hotel
Listing Date: 24 October 1950
Last Amended: 2 December 1991
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1299541
English Heritage Legacy ID: 172990
ID on this website: 101299541
Location: Rochester, Medway, Kent, ME1
County: Medway
Electoral Ward/Division: Rochester West
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Rochester
Traditional County: Kent
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent
Church of England Parish: Rochester St Peter Parish Centre
Church of England Diocese: Rochester
Tagged with: Hotel
ROCHESTER HIGH STREET
TQ 7468 NW
7/59 King's Head Hotel
(formerly listed
24.10.50 as No 58)
GV II
Hotel. C17 rear wing; C18 front range altered and re-faced in
later C19; C19 rear ranges along Boley Hill. Part timber framed;
mostly rendered brick; Kent tile and slate roof. Original plan
too altered to reconstruct; lateral stairs in situ, with possibly
C16 room to rear. Front: 3 storeyed regular 3-window range;
moulded cornice; tripartite 6:24:6 and 4:16:4 pane hornless sash
windows under depressed arches to upper floors. Prominent plat
band with the hotel's name attached in large letters. Ground
floor with Edwardian brown tiling and fenestration with cornice
and fascia (bearing name and nature of business) that returns
around curved corner and along Boley Hill elevation. Wide
central entrance (the cornice here projecting and supporting iron
brattishing) and 3-light windows with glazing bars. Boley Hill
elevation preserves some of the C18 dentilled cornice; plat band
returns. The rear ranges present varied frontages that reflect
their different building dates: The older wing is jettied at 2nd
floor level and the back block is top lit; generally 12 and 16
pane hornless sash windows, with some C20 casements to ground
level. Interior: much late C20 joinery; open well stair extends
through 3 storeys. Room at rear with large joists.
Listing NGR: TQ7428068618
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