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1, THE MARKET PLACE (See details for further address information)

A Grade II* Listed Building in Faversham, Kent

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3158 / 51°18'56"N

Longitude: 0.8908 / 0°53'26"E

OS Eastings: 601548

OS Northings: 161377

OS Grid: TR015613

Mapcode National: GBR SW3.J0B

Mapcode Global: VHKJW.D684

Plus Code: 9F328V8R+88

Entry Name: 1, THE MARKET PLACE (See details for further address information)

Listing Date: 29 July 1950

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1069462

English Heritage Legacy ID: 175934

ID on this website: 101069462

Location: Faversham, Swale, Kent, ME13

County: Kent

District: Swale

Civil Parish: Faversham

Built-Up Area: Faversham

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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Description


THE MARKET PLACE
1.
1103 (West Side)
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No 1
TR 0161 SE 3/2 29.7.50.
II* GV

2.
With No 125 West Street (North Side ), qv. Timber framed
building, probably Cl7, refronted in the C18. 3 storeys
and attic. 1 window facing east, 3 windows facing south.
1 dormer on the east front. The house is now fronted with
painted mathematical tiles with timbering visible at the
angles of the fronts and of the bays. The ground floor is
now underbuilt with the shop front, but the 2nd floor still
overhangs on both fronts on a bressumber and brackets. C18
modiliion eaves cornice. Steeply pitched hipped tiled roof.
The east front has one, and the south front 2, bays of 5 lights
each on the lst and 2nd floors, which are contemporary with
the house. They have wooden mullions and transom. Those on the
2nd floor have small modern square leaded panes; original
glazing in west window on 1st floor in No 123.
The south front has an additional but smaller bay at the west
end of the 1st floor (in No 123 West Street), also with the
small square leaded panes and green glass. This and the
next bay to the east on the 1st floor have a cove below
the window. Both fronts have a good Cl8 shop front, the
whole width of the premises, with a curved corner at the
angle, This has no glazing bars for the whole width of
No 1 Market Place, which is 3 quarters of the whole, but a
fine pair of glazed double doors with ornamental panes.
No 123 West Street retains its glazing bars in the shop
window and has a pair of simpler glazed doors. Photograph
in NMR.

All the listed buildings in the Market Place form a group.
Also Nos 1 and 2, 4 to 7 (consec) and No 7A form a group
with Nos 1 to 11 (consec) and 11A Court Street.


Listing NGR: TR0154261385

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